Word: ramp
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...days after Godunov's defection, a group of eight grim-visaged Soviet diplomats and police agents escorted Vlasova up the ramp of the Aeroflot jet. As the plane readied for takeoff, Port Authority police cars raced out onto the tarmac and slammed to a stop in front of the Soviet aircraft. Acting Secretary of State Warren Christopher had ordered the flight halted to determine whether Vlasova was leaving of her own accord...
...critical moment would come when the TEL moved to the end of a ramp and stopped at a shelter entrance. There it could: 1) deposit an MX in the shelter; or 2) remove one; or 3) do neither, but deceptively remain at the entrance for the time it would take to load or unload a missile. To prevent Soviet spy satellites from detecting what was going on, the TEL's actions would be completely shrouded by the "shield vehicle," another truck that straddles the TEL much as a turtle is covered by its shell...
Maybe the most revealing sign of all about the future occurred at the Vienna airport. Air Force One, our Boeing 707, a proud and beautiful lady who has seen a lot of history, rolled up to the ramp. Spotlights played on the Presidential Seal, but there was a faint feeling of anticlimax. Just before Carter arrived, the media plane had emptied its army. For the first tune since Presidents have been flying, Air Force One was in a shadow. The media came on a gorgeous...
...Airport. As aides and reporters milled about, the frail old man, wearing a black turban and ankle-length robes, stepped out of the aircraft's door into the chill February morning. His back hunched, he clutched the arm of an Air France purser as he walked down the portable ramp to touch Iranian soil. After 15 years in exile, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. 78, spiritual leader of a revolution that has been building to a frightening climax, had come home at last. The moment was, conceivably, the start of a new era for a country that has seemed dangerously...
...They drove a stolen 1978 black Ford van along North Boundary Road and turned onto a roadway at the north end of the Lufthansa cargo area. The thieves first stopped and clipped a chain securing the gate, and then proceeded about 400 ft. to a ramp. There an airline employee, Kerry Whalen, challenged them. The gang pistol-whipped him, threw him to the floor of the van and drove onto the loading bay area...