Word: rubes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unlike most airplane pilots, ex-Marine Reuben Snodgrass waits expectantly for bad weather. When the clouds crowd down, or sea fog rolls in over Long Island's MacArthur Field, Rube and his crew crank up the Sperry Gyroscope Co.'s DC-3 and take...
Time after time, the flyers circle the field on instruments and slant into cautious approaches to the landing runway. An auto-pilot steers them along the ILS (Instrument Landing System) beam. But while they are making their automatic approach, Rube and his copilot keep up a constant chatter on the radio. They sing out when they first spot the ground, report familiar landmarks, announce the first gleam of runway lights. And every word is recorded on the ground...
...approach to a socked-in airfield. Today's blind-flying planes have intricate instruments to help them navigate (TIME, June 15). But only the most accurate observations can tell pilots when it is safe to grope through mist toward the ground. In their dangerous flights over Long Island, Rube Snodgrass and his crew, measuring those last few feet of weather, are setting new standards for tricky, foul-weather landings...
...next president of Harvard will be the man pictured above--according to "Rube" Goldberg, cartoonist for the Hearts papers...
Coach Stuffy McInnis is not yet sure of his starting pitcher, but the nod may go to lefty Rube Webb, who faced the Bruins last week, allowing only seven hits and two earned runs. If Webb does not start, fast-baller Bob Ward will be the choice, McInnis said...