Word: cougars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Panthers (the first Navy jets to go into combat in Korea) by means of its "accordion plan." To keep capacity flexible without big capital outlays, this plan called for subcontracting wing panels, tail surfaces and other smaller parts to outsiders, not only for Panthers but also for the Cougar, a swept-wing Panther. Thus, Swirbul has kept his work force down to 11,800-less than half Grumman's wartime peak, although his order backlog has soared to roughly $900 million. (In 1952's first six months Grumman made $2.2 million...
...Grumman's F9F6 "Cougar," a much faster, swept-wing version of the old Grumman Panther now with the fleet...
...hunt was intensified. Foxhounds, bloodhounds, and whole packs of beagles, poodles, terriers and collies had failed to follow the leopard's spoor. The publicity-conscious Denver Post got into the act by flying a pack of Colorado cougar dogs to the scene. Wild at this poaching, the Daily Oklahoman immediately sent a special plane to Dryden, Texas, got a pack of hounds guaranteed to have chased pumas in old Mexico. As darkness fell on the third excited day, the leopard was still loose. But according to early information, none of the hunters had yet shot another...