Word: towering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Peterson managed to circle the plane and head it back toward Cheyenne. Alerted by radio message. Air Force crash trucks raced to emergency stations along the runway. Into the control tower rushed Lou Domenico, 41, an ex-Air Force flight instructor and owner of Cheyenne's Sky Harbor Air Service. He was about to give the most important flying lesson of his career, a life-or-death radio exchange with the Cessna. Excerpts...
Peterson: Say, Cheyenne tower. I think we'll make a pass over the airfield, just to get the feel of this damned thing. You had better tell us what to do with this thing. What kind of speed we ought to come...
...Tower: Descend to about 7,000 feet. Stay well east of the field so you can line up with the east-west runway...
Edward G. Kaelber '46, assistant dean of the Ed School, described the new building as a "short tower" with "irregular fenestration." Windows will be various sizes, up to two stories high...
Kaelber declared that he saw nothing to prevent the on-time completion of the Ed School shift. There has been pressure on the Cambridge city council to declare Appian Way a "historic area" in which building would be strictly controlled. There seemed doubt that the proposed tower would win official approval. The council has not yet taken action, but Kaelber said that the Ed School would hold consultations with neighbors of the unorthodox structure and others who might object...