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...development as an aeronautical engineer and flight-test conductor, his first project was to help build a quarter-scale model of the X-1 to be dropped from a B-29 at 35,000 ft. to determine its ability to withstand the stresses of breaking the sound barrier. Rigged with sensitive instruments, the model measured and relayed the effects of near Mach 1 to engineers huddled in a couple of old trailers−one of the first uses of the telemetry that was to become so important in space-flight control...
...workout even on Sundays") to former Distance Runner Joie Ray, who at 71 has the wind, strength and stamina of a college student, still manages to run the mile in under 7 min. To hear Cureton sermonize, virtually everyone should be out jogging with Joie: "Age is no barrier." Though many doctors disagree with the implication that fitness is synonymous with health, Cureton insists it should be an integral part of everyone's life. Says he, "I can't find one man who followed my plan diligently who ever suffered a heart attack...
...mountain (15,781 ft.). Then they climbed into Saragat's Fiat limousine and drove from France through the mountain to the Italian town of Courmayeur. After thousands of years of wishful thinking, eight decades of frustrated planning and six hard years of toil, Europe's greatest physical barrier had been conquered...
Early this month at London's White City Stadium, Clarke became the first man to break the 13-min. barrier for the three-mile run. He covered one mile in 4 min. 15.4 sec., two miles in 8 min. 36.4 sec., flitted across the finish in 12 min. 52.4 sec., lowering his own month-old world record by a full...
...only warming up. Last week, Clarke broke the 28-min. barrier for the 10,000 meter run (about 6¼ miles). Lapping the other runners at Oslo's Bislet Stadium, he clocked in at 27 min. 39.4 sec., slicing 34.6 sec. off the record he set four weeks ago. On the way to the 10,000 meter mark, he established a new world record of 26 min. 47 sec. at the six-mile mark as well...