Word: runway
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...baboons have been thwarting progress ever since the government cleared away 430 acres of savanna last year and laid out Livingstone Airport, designed for jet transports. To begin with, the big grey baboons streamed out of the forests on to the runway, swinging big sticks to squash up a midday lunch of scorpions. "They got in the path of oncoming planes and left sticks and rubbish on the runways," complained Airport Manager E.G.F. Salmon. "We drove out in jeeps to drive them off and fired shots over their heads. Somehow we couldn't shoot to kill; they were...
Newark control tower to airport crash crew, 3:04 p.m.: "Get out on Field. Stay off runway. Craft taking off to W?st. Smoking right engine...
...Commando weighed off the runway, climbed heavily, went into a left-hand turn. From the pilot went a terse message to the control tower...
Control tower to crash crew: "He's coming back in on Runway 6. He's on fire...
...explained an Air France steward to 33 passengers aboard a plane at London Airport last week, "is what you call a real pea-souper." One of the thickest particulars in London's fogbound history was blanketing the field. It had caught the airliner just after she landed on Runway 280. Before the French pilot could brake to a stop, his aircraft was blanketed. "Stay where you are " ordered the control tower in answer to his plea. "We'll tow you in." Pilot Legillou ordered champagne and brandy passed out to the passengers. "We must be happy while...