Word: plane
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...they occasionally yearn for the pleasures of an overcrowded Scenicruiser. Los Angeles correspondent Michael Riley has developed a love- < hate relationship with Michael Dukakis' 737 campaign jet, which the press corps has dubbed "Sky Pig." "When it's 100 degrees on the tarmac, condensation on the inside of the plane creates a tropical rain forest in the aisle," says Riley. Sometimes the plane seems to fly about as well as a log in one of those rain forests, and reporters have nervously taken to timing its takeoffs. The plane has no stove, so there are no hot meals...
...close, to see how he responds to setbacks and success, unexpected attacks and opportunities; all that can be gleaned only on the campaign trail. Sums up national political correspondent Laurence I. Barrett: "For a political reporter in a campaign year, the only place to be worse than the plane is anywhere off the plane...
...Force is so secretive about its radar-invisible Stealth fighter that it refused to acknowledge the plane existed even when one crashed in California two years ago. Yet when a covey of U.S.A.F. pilots converged in Washington last week for an Air Force Association symposium, shop talk indicated that the Stealth has a nickname. Pilots who fly the plane out of the Tonopah, Nev., Air Force base find it so tricky they call it the "Wobbly Goblin." Onboard computers are supposed to control the Stealth's performance, even at the highest speeds, but experts say the plane sometimes "gets away...
Customs could have had its plane sooner, but for more than a year the White House opposed its development and the Navy fought the idea because, critics suspect, the Navy is committed to the Hawkeye for carrier operations. Grumman's overseas sales of Hawkeyes reduce the price the Navy pays. Big sales of the modified Orion could mean higher Hawkeye prices for the Navy...
...three Eastern Airlines unions, which are organizing today's rally, invited Jackson to speak and rented a plane to fly him to Boston. The former presidential candidate cancelled a speech at Memphis State University to attend the rally, according to his special assistant Mae Louie, who arrived at Logan late last night to prepare for Jackson's appearance...