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Concern for Weapons. The Air Force, on the other hand, was concerned about weapons that will take years to get to the firing line: manned fighters and bombers. After the Moscow flypast put on by the Red air force (see THE WORLD), the U.S.A.F. was quick to suggest that the U.S. is falling behind the Russians in the production of manned military aircraft. Just five years ago, the Russians put on a similar show with similar results-a U.S. rush to produce more manned bombers. That time, the Russians were bluffing about their concern over building a bomber fleet; despite...
...Bounder, a huge delta-wing bomber with two outsized jet engines mounted on the wingtips and two even larger engines slung underneath the wings. First spotted by U.S. intelligence in 1958 (probably by the U-2), the Bounder is now presumed to be in production, can fly 1,600 m.p.h. It is the largest supersonic plane in the air, 40 ft. longer than the eight-engined, subsonic (650 m.p.h.) B-52, the U.S.'s only heavy intercontinental bomber...
...column of ten sweptwing, supersonic heavy bombers, featuring two jet engines mounted on either side of the tail (see cut). So new it has not yet been assigned a name,* the plane seems to be comparable in performance to the U.S.'s only supersonic bomber, the B58 Hustler, which flies at some 1,300 m.p.h., has a range of up to 4,000 miles...
...Bomber Deterrent. Despite the surge in missiles, manned bombers will continue to play a major role in strategic deterrence. The bill will create the 14th wing of long-range, 650-m.p.h. B-525 and the 2nd wing of mediumrange, 1,300-m.p.h. B58 Hustlers. Kennedy wanted to drop production of both the B-52s and the B-58s in 1962. but the House added $448,840,000 to continue purchase of the bombers and to step up study of the highly controversial 2,000-m.p.h. B-70, which is now in mock-up form. In addition, the bill speeds...
...East Coast beginning next May, London's handsome Harold Bamberg, 37, won the first round in his battle to snatch some of the lucrative transatlantic trade away from Britain's state-owned BOAC and BEA. Bamberg started his line in 1948 with a surplus Halifax bomber that he bought for $420. Specializing in low fares and package plans (he is also chairman of a big London tourist agency), he parlayed his Halifax into a 20-plane fleet flying fringe European and Caribbean routes, sold a 60% interest in the company to Cunard last year...