Word: pilote
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mainly he thought of the pilots -tired, wounded perhaps, running low on gas while they searched the shadowy sea for their carriers. Then he made his decision: "Turn on the lights." Instantly, on his orders, the ocean blazed with glowing beacons. Many a pilot who otherwise would have crashed into the dark ocean was saved. And Vice Admiral Marc Andrew Mitscher, who won his own wings in 1916, had won the passionate admiration of Navy pilots everywhere...
Robert S. Wolcott '37, who was an Army fighter pilot during World War II, and who later was a prisoner of war in Germany...
...rank, but swank. Like all West Point fourth-classmen, they answered to titles like "Mister Dumbjohn" and endured upper-classmen's humor. But as soldiers, most wore their ribbons. They were the gaudiest plebes in the Academy's history. On his grey dress coat, Cadet Clark sported pilot's wings, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 13 clusters, and an ETO ribbon with six stars...
...pilot, captain Ted Spencer, had just written a letter to a friend about recent European plane crashes. "Almost 100% of these crashes are on scheduled runs. Why? Because they must run-or at -least they think so. The charter services delay if necessary, and get a bad name-from the public for delays. But they appear to avoid these crashes (touch wood!). . . ." Spencer's wood was inefficacious. When he was killed he was flying a charter party, not a scheduled airline run.* Princess Sibylle...
Under the board's decisions, a T.W.A. senior pilot flying an international route theoretically will be able to earn a yearly maximum of $14,550, v. $13,725 at present. (Actually, thanks to time off rules and weather, few pilots can earn this much. Top guaranteed salary...