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...problems have been particularly vexing, again because of overcomputerization. Passengers have complained that the system chews up their bags as voraciously as if they were hamburgers, though the operation has been improved. As a result of the snafus at Dallas-Fort Worth, the distance from downtown, and the exorbitant runway fees, Braniff and Texas International have moved part of their operations back to the old Love Field, only five miles from Dallas. Delta also is considering pulling some of its flights out of the giant airport. Southwest Airlines, which never moved from Love (despite lawsuits filed by the city...
...road to the old airport where there were both sanctioned, that is Don Garlits and the Green Monster popping parachutes at the end of a 240 mph run, and midnight drags, which were accompanied by the popping of several kegs. After cutting through several roadblocks, we reached the old runway, which was clogged with grass busting through the cracks in the concrete. This time Kenny ran through a running quarter hitting the familiar top speed before the line and then started to shift down. Having no parachute to stop us, again I fell forward and mashed the eggs some more...
Just then down the runway there was the hungry rumble of a mufflerless stocker in racing trim. Just at the end of the runway, they turned the corner, then saw us, and zoomed off. Will Perdy and his boy jumped in the pickup and were on the chase. Kenny yelled at me to hop on, and said, "I'll try and head 'em off the other way, Will! I'll tell 'em to clear out for you." And gripping the eggs tight, I held on as Kenny charged off into the blazing Florida afternoon, down the runway, chasing after...
That reminded someone else of the times when they were kids that they'd hear the mosquito control truck coming into their neighborhood. They'd race out of bed and into the garage and hop on their bikes and a whole pack of buddies would pedal like runway fools into the thick white cloud of kerosene and DDT sprayed out of a nozzle at the back. "There wasn't any chemical high to it," said the son of a dairy farmer, "but it sure was cool looking into that cloud for a while." And about the time their lungs...
...billion U.S. space shuttle-a recoverable crossbreed of spacecraft and airplane designed to ferry men, equipment and satellites back and forth between earth and orbit. One of the few signs of future activity at Canaveral is the line of surveyor stakes laid out for a new three-mile runway to land the shuttle on its returns to earth. But the first shuttle is not expected to be launched until around 1979-an eon away in spacemen's terms. Meanwhile, the hulking, $117 million Vehicle Assembly Building, which covers eight acres, seems destined to become the world's most...