Word: pilots
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...French observers see an additional reason: with a ceasefire, De Gaulle is committed to release from prison Mohammed ben Bella and four other F.L.N. Cabinet members who were captured in 1956 when the pilot of their plane was tricked into landing on French territory. Once freed, the F.L.N. ministers will be returned by the French to their point of origin: Morocco, Benkhedda evidently wants to be on hand to welcome his old comrades...
Northrop is already planning other applications for VIPS-submarines, missile countdowns, fire warnings in public buildings. But Gina belongs to the Air Force. Said one SAC pilot last week: "That dame has plenty of oomph in hervoice...
Plenty of Warning. Northrop scientists began working on VIPS when they discovered that pilots react quickest to spoken commands; even when a pilot is beginning to black out from G forces and can no longer see warning lights, he hears and understands a distinctive voice. A feminine voice was chosen for VIPS to avoid confusion with the voices of other crewmen. The whole system weighs only 8 Ibs., but its quick-acting brain can even assign priorities when several warnings are called for at once. If engine oil is low, Gina's voice reports the problem, but in case...
Plenty of Oomph. Northrop had little trouble selling VIPS to the Air Force. On a test flight in Texas, the system worked perfectly; its calm voice gave prompt warning of many simulated hazards. Then the pilot, Major H. T. Deutschendorf, started his landing approach. Gina spoke once more, warning that his airplane's alternator was out and that fuel pressure was low on the port side. The major had had enough tests for the day. "Shut the damned thing off," he shouted to his crew. A crew member replied that no more hazards had been simulated. Suddenly the major...
...Discipline Is Essential." The man who has lately done most to demilitarize Culver is its sixth superintendent, retired Air Force Major General Delmar T. Spivey, 56, a West Pointer ('28), World War II bomber pilot, and onetime head of the Air University's War College. Shocked at the turncoat performance of some U.S. prisoners in Korea, Spivey turned down fat offers from industry, decided to devote himself to educating youngsters "in the real meaning of citizenship...