The eighteen-meter long craft is designed tocarry two pilots and six passengers.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

Inside a non-descript metal building, a German pilot controls the craft, which carries high-resolution cameras and other equipment.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

He has proposed a freeze on some domestic spending, and sought a bipartisan commission to craft a plan to tackle America's long-term fiscal imbalances.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Off the Normandy coast,Earl W.Norwood was a 17-year-old sailor who operated a landing craft between the ships and Omaha Beach, one of the beaches where the Americans landed.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

There is just enough room for two people. Walsh was joined on Trieste's historic dive by co-pilot Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard - whose father,Auguste Piccard, had designed the craft.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21