Word: pilots
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...young artists are to follow the advice of Father Edward M. Catich in giving "Christ a shave and a haircut," and "defeminize Christ, return his trousers, restore his masculinity" [Nov. 24], it follows that we should also put Christ in a Chrysler ("God is my Auto-Pilot"). Also, since Christ was a carpenter, we could put him in good standing with the A.F. of L. and C.I.O...
...slower Nationalist F-86 Sabres. The MIGs have a capability of 60,000 ft. and 635 knots with afterburner. The Sabres have a top altitude of 48,000 ft. and speed of 600 knots. Yet the Nationalists routed the MIGs. The big difference lay in pilot quality: the Nationalist airmen were eager and carefully trained-their flying time in Sabres alone ranged from 300 to 1,400 hours. The Communists appeared inexperienced and indecisive, poor in gunnery and teamwork: The U.S. Air Force air-transported its newest F-104 Starfighters from the U.S. to Formosa in a matter of days...
...strike against American, which flies 24,000 passengers daily east and west, had been building since ALPA's contract expired 16 months ago. A principal point at issue in the onrushing jet age: whether the third man in the jet cockpit should be a pilot or flight engineer. ALPA and American had reached an informal agreement by adding a fourth man as third pilot. But then they disagreed on wages and flying hours for crews of both jet and piston-driven planes. American offered substantial wage increases, e.g., from $19,200 annually to $28,000 for eight-year pilots...
...turn to the southeast. Suddenly the four-jet bomber strained, trembled. "The first thing I noticed," said Captain Daniel Holland, the defensive-systems operator, "was that we were pulling Gs. which indicated to me that we were achieving an unusual attitude . . . I called Smitty [Major Richard Smith, 40, the pilot] and said: 'What's the matter? What's going on?' The answer wasn't immediate, so I figured he was fighting the controls. Next thing I knew, he was saying. 'I can't control it. Let's bail...
...Philippine time when a small flight of Japanese planes pierced the defenses of "Taffy 3," a task unit of U.S. escort carriers east of Leyte. One nosed over into a power dive. As he held his target in sight, the pilot knew every second of the way that he was headed for death. Yet he kept going until he crashed and died amid fire and explosion in the side of the carrier St. Lo. The St. Lo sank. Over a 130-mile front, other Japanese planes dived against her sister carriers. That night, Oct. 25, 1944, Imperial Headquarters in Tokyo...