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...sensibly pointed out that "it goes right by my house." Teacher Baskin assured the boy that she would drive him home once the tire was fixed, but since Pat seemed impatient and did not seem to mind riding with Negroes, she hailed the bus and let the boy climb...
...rocket engine will have fuel for only six minutes of powered flight, but after its fuel is gone, the X-15 is expected to climb on momentum at least 100 miles above the earth, probably a good deal higher. This altitude is not strictly space; there is still a little air, but it is much too thin for an airplane to steer by. So for controls the X-15 will use six small jets of hydrogen peroxide gases shooting out of its tail and wings. When the X-15 is above the effective atmosphere, its pilot will feel zero gravity...
Counting on the success of the X-15, North American has proposed a beefed-up version with a booster rocket that will push it up to orbiting speed (18,000 m.p.h.). It will climb into genuine space, well above 150 miles. There will be no human pilot on the first flights. Automatic instruments will ride the winged satellite around the earth for awhile. Then, perhaps on electronic command from below, they will glide it to earth. Later, as the art develops, the first human pilot may take the same ride...
...London childhood. He had loved "the little girl who lived next door [and] vowed that some day when he conquered the world, he would return and marry her . . . When he was well established, he returned to Whitechapel to claim his little bride. Just as he started to climb to her little room, a tiny white casket was carried down the stairs. . . . She had died of starvation while waiting for him." Charlie "would cry while telling this story...
...activity, the U.S. light-plane industry thinks it has hardly started to climb. Surveys show that there are at least 150,000 potential customers who could gain by flying their own planes. The Civil Aeronautics Administration is already beginning to worry over how they will all fit into the crowded air. So far, the businessman's safety record is good, with only i.i fatal accidents per 100,000 aircraft hours v. a rate of .73 per 100,000 for scheduled airlines. Yet, as more and more planes go aloft in all weather, it may get to the point where...