Word: tails
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...according to Navy Secretary John Lehman, "the most capable air-to-air maneuvering aircraft in the world." But last week the Navy announced that its new F/A-18 Hornet fighter-bombers had a design flaw that produces cracks in the twin tail assembly. The planes will be grounded for three or four days while the tail assembly is modified. At least ten Hornets have developed the cracks and will be out of service for a longer period...
...Northrop, the YF-17. In the process, the shape of the wing extensions that give the plane its high maneuverability was changed and a different engine was used. When prototypes were tested ten years ago, McDonnell Douglas did not notice that the modifications put additional stress on the tail assembly. The reason, according to the company, was partly "a real squeeze on development money." Despite the problems, the Navy expects to begin deploying the Hornet aboard the carrier U.S.S. Constellation in the fall. Nor has it changed its plans to buy more than 1,300 of the F/A-18s...
...boats carry a horned green dragon head at the stem and a green tail at the bow, They must be "blessed" before the vessel can be called seaworthy, in a ritual where the pupils of the dragon eyes are "dotted...
...boats all have a green dragon head, with yellow and red dotted horns at the stern, and a green tail at the bow. The rowers sit double-banked using small paddles...
Certainly Harvard's investors enjoyed what was probably their best year ever. Riding the tail-end of the great bull market of 1982, the Harvard Management Company, which manages the University's endowment, boosted Harvard's bank account from $1.7 billion to $2.4 billion, the largest in American academia. Harvard plunged heavily into the stock market at one point almost 80 percent of the endowment was in equities. But the University in December shifted $300 million from stocks to bonds...