Word: aero
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...problem; when it is solved, it will provide a compact, noiseless power source for propulsion, lighting, heating, may even bring back the electric auto. The ancient dream of man, individual flight, perhaps with a scuba-like rocket belt, is under serious development. The U.S. Army has awarded Bell Aero-systems a $60,000 research contract for a rocket belt, and Bell believes it can build one in less than two years...
...last February, trim, 29-year-old Geraldyn Cobb packed a single suitcase, said goodbye to her fellow workers at Aero Design and Engineering Co. in Bethany, Okla., and left for a supposed week's vacation with her parents in Ponca City, 90 miles away, Jerrie Cobb never reached home...
...advertising and sales-promotion manager for Aero Design, Bachelor Girl Cobb flew a twin-engined Aero Commander in 1957 to 30,361 ft., a world altitude record for a plane of its class, last year piloted another Commander over an official 2,000-kilometer course at an average speed of 226,148 m.p.h. for another class record. "She's calm as hell in a plane," says an Oklahoma pilot. "There's no fumbling with the radio dials for new frequencies, no fluttering of charts. She's the best organized girl pilot I've ever seen...