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Cairo's press trumpeted that the meeting was to be "the turning point in the history of the Arab world." But King Saud had lingered on in Libya, and his plane touched down at Cairo's airfield a negligent six hours late. The Convair's automatic steps failed to function, and Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser had to wait an awkward several moments more before Saud stepped down into his welcoming embrace...
...leading bird in Ben Schriever's ICBM arsenal, Convair's Atlas, is scheduled for test-firing for the first time at Florida's Patrick Air Force Base this spring. This does not mean that the ICBM is ready for the 5,000 mile trip that will carry it 500 miles up into space. The first test will be over an 1,800 mile course at a lower altitude, primarily to check aerodynamic characteristics...
Last week some 500 scientists, encouraged by this growing fund of information, gathered in San Diego at a symposium held by the Air Force and Convair Division of General Dynamics Corp. to talk in down-to-earth terms about the practical problems of converting space theory into space hardware. Much of the conference was classified, but two projects, openly described, show how science is simulating space conditions on earth...
...healthy shape. Along with Boeing, the company is deep in design studies for a radical new supersonic bomber. Even better, North American was one of the first to jump into rocket engines, and its Rocketdyne division has juicy contracts for missile projects, including the huge Martin and Convair ICBMs...
...Napping. Besides Boeing, the company that stands to gain the most in the 1958 budget is General Dynamics' Convair Division. Convair's dartlike F-102 interceptor is the only fighter which everyone in the business agrees will not be cut back: production of the F-102 and its faster, more advanced version, called the F-106, will probably total 350. In addition, Convair is a big contractor in the Air Force's nuclear bomber project and the Atlas intercontinental missile. Furthermore, Convair also has its B58 Hustler, first big supersonic U.S. bomber...