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Psychological Lift. Von Rosen, 59, is a Swedish nobleman with a passion for airplanes and a penchant for underdogs. "Once I get into a plane," he says, "I feel that I can do just about anything as long as I believe in it." As a young man he flew a Heinkel air ambulance in Ethiopia, helping victims of Italian aggression. When Russia attacked Finland, he signed up as a lieutenant in the Finnish air force. In the Congo in 1960, Von Rosen flew supplies for Swedish troops on United Nations peace-keeping duty. Now a senior pilot for a charter...
...mercury stood at 30° below zero, and the rosy Arctic twilight suffused the snow with an eerie blush when a DC-3, equipped with ski pontoons, bounced to a landing on the ice of Foxe Basin north of Hudson Bay. The first passenger off the plane, Judge William Morrow, hurried to the nearby community hall, which was redolent of blubber, untanned sealskin and oil. Without bothering to shed his mukluks (heavy sealskin boots), he pulled on the traditional black robe, white collar and tabs, and red sash of his office. Court was in session. For the tiny...
...Sandy Hook. Space Planner Lawrence Lerner would create new landing space by (in effect) moving a greatly enlarged J.F.K. Airport onto a nine-mile-long concrete island five miles off Long Beach and looping existing land transportation right through it, with parking garages and rapid-transit stops near every plane-departure lounge...
...spokesmen say that $500 million of the extra expenses can be blamed on runaway inflation and Viet Nam dislocations, which could not have been accurately forecast when the contracts were signed in 1965. Not counting inflation, they claim that the actual overrun is an "extremely good" 10%. The plane itself has performed so well that, according to the company, Lockheed may collect a $22 million incentive bonus from the Air Force...
...Lockheed could suffer enormous losses if Congress forces a cutback in orders. So far, the company has firm orders for 81 of the C-5A's. Even if the full 120-plane run is completed, Lockheed stands to lose $285 million, according to Air Force estimates made public last week. Those estimates purposely tend to downplay the suspicions raised by C-5A foes, who had suggested that the Pentagon and Lockheed had been conspiring to ensure that the company came out of the contract with an ample profit. In any case, Lockheed disagrees with the Air Force loss figures...