Word: aft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Farm Boy (Mulberry, Fla.) Buie was one seasick bluejacket. One night last week, when his ship, U.S.S. Arnold J. Isbell, was rocking along 60 miles southwest of San Diego, Buie went topside to watch a movie. He was still pretty green around the gills, so he wobbled aft to smoke a cigarette. On the port quarter, he leaned over the side. As he leaned, the ship rolled-and over, into the sea, rolled William Buie...
...loss of three power plants had disrupted the hydraulic and electrical systems. As Baum headed for a pasture. Flight Engineer George Hagen worked to get the flaps and landing gear back in operation. Boeing Pilot William Allsop, two Braniff men and a representative from the Federal Aviation Agency headed aft to take seats near the rear of the plane; another
...Valkyrie is revolutionary, from its stainless steel skin (withstanding 600° temperatures) to its configuration (vast delta wings aft; short, duck-winged "canard" control surfaces in the nose...
...modern application of the early-day pusher-type plane, in which the engine was placed aft of the pilot...
...Chevy's regular 170-h.p. to 230-h.p. cast-iron V8. Being air-cooled, it eliminates the water pump and radiator, does away with overheating and freezing, needs no antifreeze. Because the engine is aft, and combines there with the transmission and drive gears, there is no transmission hump in the floor. Because the front is light, Chevy says the car is easy to steer without power steering, gets better traction and braking...