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...Port of New York Authority, which operates Teterboro Airport. Citing airport witnesses, Glass told the Civil Aeronautics Administration that on take-off Godfrey gained an altitude of 20 to 30 feet, then made an abrupt left turn, narrowly missed three planes that were warming up on the taxiway, skimmed over a hangar, and thundered directly toward an 87-ft. control tower, whose occupants fled for their lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Wild Blue Yonder | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

...apron, squat dismally on the open field, so deep in mire that even their propeller tips are stuck fast. Theoretically, there is a large, revetted parking area available for the planes-but a French farmer has built a solid house and two barns right in the middle of its taxiway. Through the U.S. base runs a public road always open to French civilian traffic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Bogged Down | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

...minutes behind schedule, but after a speedy 33-hour flight, the C-54 touched down on runway 36, turned into the taxiway and braked to a brisk stop. The door opened and Secretary of State George Marshall stepped out-back from Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Report from Moscow | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

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