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...commercial plane after it was obvious that it was an innocent craft. To prevent future mishaps, Major General Donald Peterson said the Air Force would give regular training for pilots on civilian Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems; would implement new procedures to rely more heavily on radar and contact with controllers in identifying unexpected aircraft, and will conduct a special review of military operations in the region in cooperation with the FAA. While U.S. military craft will continue to guard coastal air space from intruders, commercial airliners hopping from Miami to Manhattan should not fear that they will...
...away. Among the 84 people onboard, two flight attendants and a passenger were slightly hurt when they were thrown to the floor during the 727's evasive maneuvers, in which the pilot made sharp, 4,000-ft. changes in altitude. According to a Pentagon official who has reviewed the radar tracks, the 727's moves seemed to be mimicked by the F-16 following closely behind. While the commercial pilot said the F-16 came within 400 ft., Guard officials said the jet stayed at least 1,000 ft. away as it made a visual identification of the plane...
...YORK: If two F-16's hadn't on Wednesday come so close to a civilian plane that collision alarms went off, news that four National Guard fighter jets passed close to another commercial flight would have barely registered on the media radar screen. But the planes did, and for the second day in a row, Pentagon officials found themselves explaining a miss that, while not nearly as close a call at the first one, has raised concerns about the safety in the airspace between New York and Washington, D.C. As an investigation into Wednesday's incident continues, Pentagon officials...
...incredible voyage is a "growth cone," a creepy, crawly sprout that looks something like an amoeba. Scientists have known about growth cones since the turn of the century. What they didn't know until recently was that growth cones come equipped with the molecular equivalent of sonar and radar. Just as instruments in a submarine or airplane scan the environment for signals, so molecules arrayed on the surface of growth cones search their surroundings for the presence of certain proteins. Some of these proteins, it turns out, are attractants that pull the growth cones toward them, while others are repellents...
...Coalition played somewhat the same role on the right that the AFL-CIO did on the left, but in very different fashion. While the union federation began its televised attacks on Republicans early, the coalition held its fire until the very end, apparently trying--successfully--to fly below the radar of suspicious Democrats. Two days before the election, however, coalition volunteers distributed what they said were 45 million "voter guides" at 125,000 churches around the country. Though the guides, like the AFL-CIO ads, did not directly oppose or support any candidate, they gave Democrats a consistent hammering...