Word: wing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week another Arab nation prepared to join the new anti-Communist Baghdad pact, but not without the kind of scuffling in the streets that so often passes for soul-searching in the Middle East. The prospective new member is the poor desert state of Jordan, which is under the wing (but not the thumb) of Great Britain...
...Springfield, are you reading 476? We have a bad engine fire." That was the last message from Flight 476. Two minutes later (12:22) the stricken airplane, trailing flames and smoke, was seen heading for the Army field at Fort Leonard Wood. Just short of Runway 14 the right wing came off, and the airplane crashed in heavy timber, killing all passengers (27) and crew (three...
...crash of Flight 476. the CAB men searched out every scrap of wreckage. Then all parts that might be concerned with the accident were taken to American Airlines' Overhaul and Supply Depot at Tulsa, where the No. 2 (righthand) engine, with its adjacent landing gear and wing structure was assembled in flight position. By this time the CAB detectives had a good notion where the trouble started, but they came to no decision until masses of evidence had been accumulated...
Today's probable starting line will be Dick Reilly, right wing, Paul Kelly, center, and Bill Collins, left wing. Captain-elect George Higginbottom will not play in today's contest, because of a head injury which he received in last Friday's game against Boston College...
...Gloster Javelin, first projected in the late 19405 as a delta-wing, all-weather fighter, was so full of troubles that it will only come into general service next spring...