Word: aircraft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Goddard, Lindbergh, Rickenbacker, Sikorsky, Earhart, Douglas and Lockheed's Johnson. The scene stealers are located in three giant bays (each 124 ft. by 115 ft. by 62 ft. high). In the main entrance bay-the Milestones of Flight Gallery-are the Wrights' Kitty Hawk Flyer, the first aircraft to achieve manned, powered flight, and the Spirit of St. Louis, in which Charles Lindbergh, need anyone be reminded, flew the Atlantic solo...
Beyond the glass-walled main halls is a vast array of unique aircraft, satellites, rockets and other displays. Howard Hughes' H-1 airplane, designed in the 1930s, is the centerpiece of the flight-technology exhibit. In aerodynamic terms, says Collins' deputy Mel Zisfein, "the H-l is the most beautiful aircraft we have." In 1935 the plane flew at a then record speed of 352 m.p.h. In its day, it was at least a decade ahead of the state of the art of aerodynamics with its smooth, flush-riveted body. With his characteristic attention to detail, Hughes designed...
...oldest aircraft on display is Otto Lilienthal's 1894 glider, with its willow-and-bamboo frame and cotton-cloth covering. When Lilienthal died near the turn of the century, his last words were reported to be: "Sacrifices must be made." In the museum's military aviation exhibits, that sense of sacrifice is pervasive, if in a different context. The most durable warplanes are there: the Fokker, Spad XVI (Billy Mitchell's own), P-40E, B26, Spitfire, German Messerschmitt and Italian Macchi MC-202. So is the old workhorse of World War II-and beyond...
Last week, for example, the Government reported that both personal income and industrial production rose more than a percentage point in November. In Seattle, Boeing announced that it would hire up to 4,500 workers because of an upturn in aircraft orders. In Detroit, Ford Motor Co., recovering from a month-long strike, said that it would raise capital spending to $2 billion next year, an increase...
...what has become obvious over the years: when Wolfe concentrates solely on reporting, he is virtually peerless among contemporary journalists. In The Truest Sport: Jousting with Sam and Charlie, the longest and best piece in this collection, he gives an unforgettably tactile account of combat life on a U.S. aircraft carrier, a "heaving greasy skillet," in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1967. Those who have not been on a carrier with planes approaching may have seen such a scene in movies. Wolfe's description is better: "As the aircraft comes closer and the carrier heaves on into the waves...