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Like a ghost from the past, an ancient blue-and-silver Swallow biplane last week zipped down the runway and into a dawn sky over Pasco, Wash. About two hours and 244 miles later the tiny two-seater landed at Boise, Idaho, to a cheering crowd. The journey was a rerun of the nation's first airmail flight by an outfit (Varney Air Lines) that later became part of United Airlines, and its purpose was to mark a half-century of commercial aviation in the U.S. The milestone, however, comes at a less than auspicious time for most major...
When Roberto's plane was late arriving for ceremonies inaugurating the two groups' joint government in Huambo last month, UNITA airport officials, tired of waiting, turned off the runway lights and went home. A furious Roberto was forced to return to Kinshasa. Recently there have been fistfights, stone-throwing and open fighting between soldiers of the two allies. In one Shootout in Huambo two weeks ago, 25 were killed. Although UNITA and F.N.L.A. commanders meet to plan strategy, there is no joint field command, and no soldier from one movement will take an order from an officer...
DELORES DELUXE wiggles her way down the bar runway, wearing nothing but a large pair of earrings and a broad grin. Later, lounging in her dressing room with her co-workers she says she'd quit, but she has nothing else to do. "You know why we do these things? Because we're oppressed. It's this system; there has to be a change in this system. Then we wouldn't have to do this." The women beside her all nod in agreement...
...kids in Liberty Square. "The World Famous 2 O'Clock Lounge," its facade emblazoned with the graceless silhouettes of dancing women that look like the figures on the Hillbilly Shak at the fair, boasts continual striptease. Women with names like Tiffany Taylor and Sandy Beach parade along an elevated runway inside a long oval bar with the fluid stride of Miss Americas--they just tend to jut their pelvises a little farther forward. Their bodies are shivered by strobe lighting and their images are tossed between parallel mirrors, but the men rarely strain their necks to watch these dancers. Their...
...Force One is tended day and night by a ground crew of about 25. Well before a scheduled trip, an Air Force advance agent goes to the destination and checks out all landing details. Moments before the presidential plane takes off or lands, Secret Service agents drive down the runway to make sure it is clear of debris and to check for bombs...