Word: takeoffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Federal Aviation Administration as a motorized kite.) One of the most popular models, the Weedhopper, costs less than $5,000 in kit form and can be assembled like a Tinkertoy in eight to ten hours. It then can be partly disassembled to be carried on a cartop to the takeoff point. The Weedhopper has a rudder and elevator controlled by a stick; there are no pedals. A floating-disc speed indicator is the only gauge. Takeoff consists of cranking the 3½-ft. prop, revving the motor and pulling back on the stick. The aircraft can take...
...problems with the blockade strategy are the same ones the British have faced since assembling the task force. The major difficulty is achieving air superiority, either tactical or absolute, over the Argentines in the Falklands. The Hermes and Invincible are equipped with only 20 Sea Harrier vertical short-takeoff and landing jet aircraft. The Harriers are highly maneuverable but also are relatively slow (top speed 736 m.p.h.) and have a maximum range of only 460 miles-or about 100 miles for a 1 1/2-hr. blockade patrol. The Royal Navy's version of the Harrier is not well suited...
...ritual I was performing." Does this mean he has put away childish things like playing comic-book characters? Lois Lane and other fans of Krypton's finest surviving hunk can relax. Reeve will shortly pull on his red-and-blue undies and rev his wires for takeoff in Superman...
...NOTEBOOK: It was a year ago Saturday that injured Adam Dixon won the Outstanding Performer Award when he set a Heps record in the 1500 . . . Both Shawn Hall and Robert Taylor enjoyed their season's best performances in the triple jump, despite Cornell's makeshift takeoff board . . . Jimmy Johnson, however, jumped a foot shorter than he did in the Big Three meet. He still has a chance next week to qualify for the NCAAs Of the four returning Heps champs, only sprinter Doug Harris of Penn did not repeat . . . Mark Henry pulled off his usual jumping triple, placing in both...
Many times during a winter snow I have sat at the airport as attendants sprayed de-icer on the wings. Nevertheless, I always felt assured that the airline, the FAA, the professionals in the tower and the pilot had analyzed all the factors necessary for a safe takeoff. I never worried. Well, maybe we should worry. The FAA needs to rethink the rules on flying in inclement weather...