Word: convairs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Competing against such giants as General Dynamics Corp.'s Convair, North American Aviation, Inc. and General Electric Co., Acoustica won a contract to develop and produce a crucial system for the Air Force's Atlas ICBMs. Acoustica devised a series of ultrasonic sensors to measure the level of liquid oxygen and kerosene in the Atlas...
Michigan's chief Kennedy booster, Governor G. Mennen Williams, alerted Jack to discontent among Negro leaders. Kennedy sent his family Convair to Detroit, picked up ten prominent Negroes, airlifted them to a conference at Kennedy's Georgetown home in Washington. It was, as one of the Negroes reported later, a "real red-carpet" welcome. "We had brunch on the patio, and there was a subtle punch beforehand-I thought there was gin in there, but I heard it was cognac. There was chicken and some fancy kind of eggs, and there were whites and Negroes waiting...
...would be exchanged for three shares of Northeast common stock, if the plan meets the approval of TWA's board, the CAB, stockholders and major creditors. Hughes will also lend $9,500,000 to Northeast from his Hughes Tool Co. to get its six, new, leased Convair 880 jets into operation for the Florida tourist season this winter...
...plane: the Convair 880, designed as the world's fastest transport, with a cruising speed of 615 m.p.h. over medium-range routes...
...looking for. The lack of vibration is fantastic. Vibration has the same effect on businessmen as work does-it tires them out. We want them to get there fresh and rested." Delta's Woolman has only a few months before other lines start getting their own Convairs. TWA has 30 of the 880s on order, will get its first this summer. Next year American Airlines will get an advanced design: the Convair 600. At 35,000 ft., American's Convair 600s are planned to cruise at 635 m.p.h., only 135 m.p.h. below the speed of sound...