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...boredom is the first reality of war. He flew 100 patrols over grey, faceless ocean, with scarcely a sight of the British Blenheim bombers that were ranging the German coast. "We all live together as airmen, in a strange little world of our own, at the end of the runway...
Just before the doors, closed on the big silver and red R.C.A.F. transport, the crowd gave three cheers and a tiger. The four propellers blew back a shower of powdery snow; the plane taxied out to position and roared down the runway. Next day St. Laurent was in London for lunch and a short talk with Prime Minister Churchill. This week he was scheduled to go on to Paris and Bonn, visit Canadian army and air force bases, then continue the six week, 30,000-mile tour that will take him to Rome, Karachi, New Delhi, Colombo, Jakarta, Manila, Seoul...
...inside the cabin), strained for a view of the field. The scopehead, his eyes glued to his radar, spoke for the first time at about 400 ft. above the ground. "You're just off a bit to the right," he said. Seconds later, the wheels chirped on the runway. The B-47 didn't bounce, just scraped, then the plane settled into a smooth landing. The air speed registered 100 knots, and the pilot could feel his wheels sliding on the slippery, wet pavement. "Drag chute out. Drag chute out," he called. Before he finished the order...
...that "it would appear that the aircraft was operated carelessly and recklessly." Into the Fray. Over the air, Godfrey kept explaining all week to his audiences that he was forced into the left turn by a gusty crosswind. He complained that he had been refused the use of another runway heading into the wind. He alternately joked about the incident ("Who is this fellow Glass? Maybe he wants to run for governor") and darkly warned that the airport was being mismanaged. In Manhattan, columnists leaped into the. fray...
Another Try. The big, shiny interceptor skimmed along at terrific speed just above the east-west runway. At the halfway point, Townsend's wheels seemed to touch-but only for a second. He said over the radio: "I'm going to try another circle." For half a mile the crippled Scorpion labored for altitude. The gamble failed. In one last bid for life, Townsend headed toward an open field. It was bordered by houses, and for a tense second or so, as the plane settled, observers were certain that it would smash through them. Then Townsend nosed down...