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...when the Columbine landed at Augusta 2 hours and 16 minutes later. Augusta had not had a full day of sunshine since Feb. 18, but as the Columbine squared away for her landing, the sun burst through the clouds. There were still puddles of water on the airport ramp and on the highway as the Eisenhower car sped out to the Golf Club, zipped up the magnolia-lined driveway and came to a stop in front of the little (two-bedroom) white clapboard, green-shuttered "Bobby Jones" cottage...
...allow her preparedness to fall to such low levels in he foreseeable future. The rapid rate at which airplanes becomes outdated will keep the industry at high strength, say the optimists. Military aircraft are outmoded nowadays before the prototype model rolls out the factory door on the test ramp...
...hard, often frustrating work. At first, the Marines landed from a battleship's liberty boats, often in water over their heads because the coxswains refused to take the chance of scraping paint on the beach. But as time wore on, the first ramp-bow boats appeared, ancestor of the nautical monsters of World...
...surface, the plane can skim over deep water for its take-off run. Once in the air, the hydro-ski can be retracted. After touching down, the pilot has to taxi fast enough for his plane to stay on the surface until he is close to beach or landing ramp...
...grueling weeks, he relaxed at a party aboard the train (up until 3 a.m.). At 7:15, at Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal, he seemed a little weary. "Let's just stroll," he said to Mamie, and, forgoing his usual military pace, they walked up the ramp to his waiting limousine...