Word: tails
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chief steward and three flight attendants stayed with the craft, evacuating passengers on inflatable emergency chutes. The crew's heroism kept casualties remarkably low, but three people were killed and about 90 injured. The plane was a total loss, recognizable only by its red-white-and-blue tail section...
...aircraft builders are moving in the same direction as Airbus, but more cautiously. The new Boeing 757 and 767 models have computer-controlled engines, though the wing and tail surfaces are still linked to the cockpit by hydraulics. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11, the replacement for the DC-10, will be fully computerized, but the wing and tail surfaces will have a mechanical backup system so that "whatever the airplane is capable of, the pilot can get full response," a spokesman says. Nonetheless, mechanical linkages will no doubt be obsolete someday. Boeing is even studying the feasibility of controls that...
...should not bow to the calls of Iranian radicals that it depart from the Gulf with its tail between its legs and leave the two parties to slug it out by themselves just because of this incident. That would only guarantee an Iranian victory while a negotiated end to the Iran-Iraq war, with victory for neither side, should be the aim of any U.S. policy in the Gulf. If nothing else, the current U.S. presence has restrained and isolated Iran, keeping that fundamentalist regime from achieving the status of a regional superpower...
...pair of 7-ft. tip sails, fitted to the end of each wing, serve as vertical stabilizers and help reduce aerodynamic drag. The forward-mounted canards swivel back during high-speed flight to further reduce drag and are equipped with elevators that eliminate the need for a tail. Beech is keeping the Starship's performance characteristics secret, but early reports suggest it can reach cruising speeds approaching those of business jets at about 40% the fuel cost of a Gates Learjet or a Cessna Citation. The Starship sells for $3.7 million, a little over half the price of a similar...
Piaggio's Avanti, while sharing such features as rear-facing engines and nose-mounted wings, has a somewhat less radical design. It is equipped with a standard tail and is built mostly of aluminum. But Piaggio claims it will fly faster and more efficiently than its U.S. competitor. Prices will be roughly comparable...