61.   After switching to backup systems, the pilots were able to bring the plane back into level flight and make an emergency landing at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

62.   Air Force pilots today are flying planes that were built before they were born.

63.   Air France pilots have been on strike for more than a week, and rail workers are slated to walk off the job on Wednesday.

64.   Air travelers are usually reassured by the knowledge that the pilots up front are level-headed professionals who want just as badly as their passengers to arrive safely.

65.   Airline pilots are especially poised to carry off sickouts.

66.   Also aboard the shuttle are pilot Pam Melroy, flight engineer Bill McArthur, mission specialists Leroy Chiao, Jeff Wisoff, Mike Lopez-Alegria and Koichi Wakata.

67.   Brown said pilots rarely are concerned about damaging airstrips when on missions.

68.   But airline spokesman Tim Smith said the pilots were within allowable work-shift limits set by union contracts and federal law.

69.   But although his first mount lost, it was not because the pilot was out of practice.

70.   But as they headed back to Dulles Airport, heavy fog, the veteran pilots were on their own to navigate an emergency landing.