Word: runways
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...delays cost the airlines $50 million. This year, in the Golden Triangle alone, they are hitting $1,000,000 a day. Uncounted-and largely unnoticed-additional losses come from air-cargo delays. New York Customs Broker Jack Hyams said that Kennedy Airport has freight stacked up "practically to the runway," with three-week delays for some local deliveries after shipments have been landed...
...Eastern Airlines shuttle from Boston to New York rolled out onto the runway and waited for clearance. At 6:50, it received permission to take off. At 7:30, the plane was placed in a holding pattern over Hartford, Conn. At 7:45, it was switched into another pattern over Stamford, Conn., where it made lazy circles in unison with several other aircraft. At 8:40, the pilot announced that if delayed much longer, he might have to refuel in Hartford. At 9:05, the plane touched down at La Guardia and the passengers deplaned, over two hours late...
...Bailey as general counsel, announced that it would start playing everything by the book-a set of rules that controllers often ignore. By spacing planes four miles apart instead of the usual three, the controllers managed to slow traffic by 30%. Because private planes use up only half a runway, controllers usually allow them to land simultaneously with a jet on intersecting runways, a practice forbidden by the FAA. The old rule went back into effect...
...Landing orders crackled over the radio. Heaving at the controls-Soviet planes have no power boost-Egorov swung out of the holding pattern, popped his dive brakes, flattened out and bored straight for J.F.K. We flat-hatted over Long Island, made a sharp turn to a little-used runway and touched down at about 220 m.p.h.-much faster than the Boeing 707's 175-m.p.h. landing speed-and as smooth as butter...
...black man announced that he was going to leapfrog two burning trashcans. "Clear the runway," everyone buzzed. After a false start, he came racing down the runway, leaped and landed in a crash of flames. He was not hurt. The cans were uprighted, and everyone went back to his small group...