Word: planes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hours, they had lain, nearly suffocated, in the noisome hold of a 45-ft. schooner as it rolled and pitched on the voyage from Havana to Florida. But the U.S. border patrol had been tipped off from Cuba; an amphibious plane had spotted the ship and radioed a report to shore. They were seized as the schooner slipped into the little fishing village of Marathon, 100 miles south of Miami on the Florida Keys...
Waiting for a Taxi. At week's end Halvard Lange was ready to fly to the U.S. to get the facts. Just before his plane took off, he got another stern note from the U.S.S.R. Bulldozed Russia: Norway had "failed to give a clear reply" about foreign bases; Norway was guilty of a "suggestion that a threat of attack could emanate from the Soviet Union"; Norway should, "to eliminate any doubt," sign a non-aggression pact with Russia...
Lange's trip to Washington impressed on him the hard central fact of Norway's situation-that Norway is such a fine potential plane and submarine base that neither side feels it can afford to let the other side control her. The exchange of notes is not mere diplomatic mumbo-jumbo but a part of the suppressed...
From Peiping the Reds sent a clearance for the plane to land, as well as reservations for all at the Wagons-Lits Hotel. Said Dr. Yen: "We have no authority to negotiate [but] we will tell the Communists how much the people down here want peace...
...body. The mesh can be loosened to make room for broad hips, and a rounded belly (which are among the occupational hazards of airmen). The pilot's jaw rests on a padded adjustable shelf. A counter-weighted forehead strap takes the strain off his neck. He steers the plane by resting his forearms in movable "pans" with hand grips for stick, throttle, etc., at their forward ends. His feet work the rudder, brakes, or both...