Word: whirlybirding
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...plywood. A Coast Guard helicopter plucked Driver Dallas Sartz from the wreckage, miraculously with nothing worse than a broken left leg. No sooner had the next heat roared away around the oblong course than another Seattle boat, Tempest, threw a connecting rod and burst into flames. The Coast Guard whirlybird dipped down to rescue Driver Chuck Hickling, but his boat was severely damaged...
...Beach. After the aerial show, the President lunched aboard the big carrier, then took to his whirlybird once more, landing on Onslow Beach, below the Outer Banks, where he was joined by the Shah of Iran. Through the afternoon, the VIPs observed a well-rehearsed attack on the beach by five battalions of helicopters and seaborne marines, equipped with napalm bombs, heavy artillery, and Ontos (the latest armored antitank vehicles). After the beach had been captured in a deafening final act, the President exclaimed: "Isn't that terrific!" Later, as he boarded his Washington-bound jet, the erstwhile...
...rescue boss for the Air Force in Europe, and Lieut. Colonel Charles Mathison, member of the Discoverer II launching team. The two discussed the hunt with local authorities in Spitzbergen's tiny capital of Longyearbyen, questioned the three men who had seen the chute, took a quick whirlybird look for themselves, and flew on home...
...crew was picked for their light weight and warned to stay thin. The pilot doubles as observer, and the copilot does everything else, including aiming and setting the camera. Silva and G.E. engineers solved the transmitting problem by tacking a 3-ft.-long modified helical antenna on the whirlybird, setting up a receiving dish atop KTLA's Mount Wilson power plant. The dish follows the copter's movements, relays its signals onto the horne screen. Cost of camera equipment: $40,000; helicopter...
Like storybook pirates, East German Communists croaked happily over an unexpected treasure when seven U.S. Army artillery officers and two helicopter crewmen strayed off course last month and landed their whirlybird in Soviet-occupied territory. The East Germans, at Russia's prodding, held the nine men prisoner and demanded a high ransom: diplomatic recognition of the East German satellite by the U.S. The U.S. refused to deal, negotiated patiently but fruitlessly at the military level. Finally, the U.S. empowered the American Red Cross to step into the case. Last week, after a month of negotiation with the Communists...