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Word: aircraftsmanship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1946-1946
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...aircraft shaped like a sting ray. Captain De Havilland's purpose was: 1) to study problems of control in aircraft with swept-back wings (in preparation for a transatlantic airliner which is being built by his father's company); 2) to advance Britain's supremacy in aircraftsmanship by breaking the British-held world's speed record (616 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Beyond Silence | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

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