Word: plane
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...days in China, traveling by bus and train and plane, I got a few tantalizing glimpses of the changes which are sweeping Chinese society. I was functionally illiterate in the country--even street signs were incomphrehensible--and I used special money for foreigners that insulated me yet further from the normal process of commercial intercourse in China...
...fact the plane's transponder was using a military channel helped lead to the conclusion aboard the cruiser Vincennes that the ship was about to be attacked, said Pentagon spokesman Dan Howard...
...Postal Service is not pleased about the shipment, which will cost about $180,000 to deliver by truck and plane. But the agency can find nothing illegal about Krogstad's parcels, which weigh a few pounds less than the 70- lb. maximum for regular mail...
...every bit as revolutionary as they look. Except for its landing gear, engine mounts and a handful of other components, the Beech Starship is constructed entirely of composite synthetics -- graphite fabric wrapped around honeycombed Nomex, a nylon-like material used in fireproof clothing. This makes the twin-engine plane lighter and stronger than similar craft constructed, in the conventional manner, of aluminum...
Federal certification for a new breed of plane with swept- back wings and pusher propellers may signal big changes for aircraft design...