Word: planes
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...Aldrin's ideas may sound loopy. Undaunted, Aldrin and ShareSpace have come up with a plan to raise the capital they need. For $10 or so, contestants could enter a sweepstakes qualifying them to win a range of space-related prizes, including a ride aboard a zero-gravity training plane or a trip in a MiG-25 to the edge of space. Any money left over would be used for the group's advocacy and R.-and-D. mission...
Handsome and broad-shouldered, a proud French Canadian, Poirier speaks in the comfort of a favorite pub not far from the Shearwater military base where he lives, across the bay from Halifax. The father of three worries about the next time his children will get on a plane...
...brothers, ADEL and IMAD, had been killed, but officials fear reprisals from Hamas. Israeli security officials say they had been watching the two guerrillas' hideout near Hebron for some time--Adel was the most wanted man on the West Bank. But the stakeout was almost botched when a drone plane that had been monitoring the house crashed nearby. The brothers, however, apparently still didn't spot the surveillance, and a second drone was launched. At a certain point, Israeli officials say, they had a dilemma: while they wanted to watch the Awadallahs to learn more about their network, they received...
Commercial passengers also enjoy less protection from toxic smoke than those on corporate planes. After years of study, airlines still balk at installing individual smoke hoods that could provide each passenger with up to 30 min. of clean air. (Market leader Essex PB&R Corp. of Edwardsville, Ill., offers eight different versions at prices ranging from $160 to $750.) Nor has the FAA mandated hoods for passengers, although crews of commercial airlines have them. The airlines and FAA argue that smoke hoods could make it more difficult for passengers to evacuate a plane. Of course, that can also be difficult...
...after 28 hours of flight, the Spirit of St. Louis crossed Dingle Bay on the southwest coast of Ireland; Lloyd's finally quoted 10-3 against Charles Lindbergh's making Paris. Six hours more, and he touched down at Le Bourget. A crowd of 150,000 engulfed the little plane like a tidal wave...