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... plane without human control on any desired course . You need only push a few buttons to set this automatic mechanism to do what you desire . It will release the brakes , take the plane into the air , retract the wheels , put the plane ...
... plane without human control on any desired course . You need only push a few buttons to set this automatic mechanism to do what you desire . It will release the brakes , take the plane into the air , retract the wheels , put the plane ...
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To Escape from Disabled High - speed Plane , Pilot Shoots Himself Out , Seat and All ! A dummy pilot , strapped to the seat , is literally shot out of a fighter plane in an Army Air Forces demonstration . The " ejector seat " was ...
To Escape from Disabled High - speed Plane , Pilot Shoots Himself Out , Seat and All ! A dummy pilot , strapped to the seat , is literally shot out of a fighter plane in an Army Air Forces demonstration . The " ejector seat " was ...
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... plane passing that way reported that the lake had disappeared . In a tangle of tragedy and heroism , disap- pearance of one plane led to the crack - up of a searching aircraft and the expenditure of five months of effort and the lives ...
... plane passing that way reported that the lake had disappeared . In a tangle of tragedy and heroism , disap- pearance of one plane led to the crack - up of a searching aircraft and the expenditure of five months of effort and the lives ...
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