Word: plane
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...never had an airport. Even now, with a million Olympic visitors expected, the nearest airport to the Main Press Center consists of a modest, two-story box appointed with exactly four check-in counters and one baggage carousel, 75 min. away by (very occasional) bus. As your plane takes off from Matsumoto, the technicians all line up on the tarmac to wave goodbye...
...veteran EA-6B pilot told TIME he was in no rush to blame his colleagues. The plane, he says, is complicated to fly and, unlike some military aircraft, has no automatic terrain-following features. On a low-level run, the plane is flying at nearly 500 m.p.h. "At that speed," he notes, "after a minute you're six miles off course." By week's end Italian authorities were insisting the plane was up to six miles outside the approved flight corridor. Marine officials agree the plane was too low, and some wonder if it was trying to fly under...
...weekend we fell in love, there was heavy snow, [and] Andy's plane was late. The restaurant where I had hoped to go for lunch was closed; we found a little bistro of Michigan Avenue that was still serving around 4:00, with no one there. We ordered a bottle of champagne, and the rest was history," Slaughter recalls, smiling at her husband...
...Moravcsik had to board a plane back to Boston later that day. After that, the couple endured months of cross-country commuting. They strove to spend as much time together as possible, not going more than two weeks without seeing each other. Most of the time, as Slaughter adjusted to her new professorial duties, Moravcsik traveled to Chicago to meet...
...neither bird, nor plane nor Superman, folks. It's a 3Com PalmPilot...