Word: takeoffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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France's triangular Mirage 4000, a powerful combat plane, was the most dazzling of the fighters on display, the U.S.'s F-16 the most nimble-as the Israelis helped prove during their daring raid on Iraq's nuclear reactor-and Britain's vertical-takeoff Sea Harrier the most provocative. While America still is nearly 60% of the air business, competition from our allies is stunningly evident. From gliders to missiles, a dozen nations are seriously challenging U.S. technology and salesmanship. Yet the men from Lockheed, Boeing, Martin-Marietta and scores of other U.S. firms were...
...flag was placed in the direction in which it would have waved on takeoff and landing had it been an actual flag...
...AWACS radar is a breakthrough as well, according to experts. All ground-based radar suffers a serious blind spot: if enemy planes fly low enough, they escape detection. Any craft flying within the Sentry's electronic swath, however, is spotted within moments of its takeoff, and AWACS will not (as does most other airborne radar) confuse trees and houses with aircraft. From each Sentry the positions of scores of planes and ships-enemy and ally alike-can be tracked automatically, and this information can be interpreted by a crew of 14 specialists. The Saudis' Sentries would be even...
Then John Young edged the "stick" forward, and his ship's porpoise-shaped nose dropped slightly. Plunging earthward, Columbia was falling at an angle about seven times steeper than a normal airliner's descent and was traveling half again as fast. Powerful as it had been on takeoff, the ship was now functioning as a 102-ton glider with no engine to correct its course...
Curiously, Young's and Crippen's heartbeat patterns reversed on takeoff and landing. Both are normally in the 60s. At launch Young's rose only to 85 beats a minute, while Crippen's soared to 135. Returning, Young's pulse rate zipped up to 130 as he flew the craft in. Crippen's stayed around...