Word: aircraft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President's chief pilot and Air Force aide, Colonel William G. Draper, found the machine last autumn after discarding other helicopter models one by one. Since its appearance in 1954, Bell Aircraft's H-47J had logged an impressive safety and maintenance record, though its range (151 nautical miles) and speed (92 knots) are not exceptional. Bent on safety first, Draper climbed aboard an H-47J for a tough six-part performance test, then began looking for an Air Force pilot who could match the copter...
...Hiryu! With only 18 dive bombers and six Zeros, Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi of the sole surviving carrier, Hiryu, put in a sudden, sharp attack against Yorktown, losing almost all of his aircraft but scoring three hits and starting fires. At 1245 Yamaguchi threw in his last ten torpedo bombers and six fighters, remnant of Nagumo's force of 250 plus, led by a lieutenant who knew he had only enough fuel for a one-way trip. The result: slaughter for the Japanese planes by U.S. fighters and antiaircraft, but two torpedo hits on Yorktown, enough to cripple...
...conditioned glass and stainless-steel world designed by Architect Eero Saarinen. San Francisco's Bank of America and Western Electric Co.'s Cleveland plant have lounges with TV or hi-fi sets and card tables for after-lunch relaxation; St. Louis' McDonnell Aircraft even imports baseball players, singers and theater stars to entertain...
...Cutting back 10%-15% in major conventional arms-aircraft, ships, artillery, etc.-by turning them over to disarmament depots, staffed by international inspectors, for possible destruction. The U.S. and the U.S.S.R. would agree to cut back military manpower to 2,500,000 men each...
Dutourd soon found himself imprisoned in a vast aircraft hangar, along with 8,000 other Frenchmen who lolled about admiring the conquering Germans for their elegance, and green with envy of their boots. (In a devastating aside, Dutourd suggests that the money poured into the Maginot Line might better have been spent on boots for the French army.) It was assumed that the war was nearly over, that the Germans would send the prisoners home on free railroad passes. But Dutourd got away. He carries modesty about his three-year stint with the Resistance to the point of devoting half...