Word: delta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Valkyrie is revolutionary, from its stainless steel skin (withstanding 600° temperatures) to its configuration (vast delta wings aft; short, duck-winged "canard" control surfaces in the nose...
United Airlines and Delta Air Lines soared into the jet age last week with the first commercial flights of the Douglas DC-8. Slightly slower than the Boeing 707 (550 m.p.h. v. 540 m.p.h.). the DC-8 boasts a few new passenger comforts, such as its unitized seat with fold-out table, reading lamp, call and air-flow buttons. With the jet, Delta, which put it in service from New York to Atlanta, got the jump on its chief competitor; Eastern Air Lines will not start jet service until January. For United, the coast-to-coast nonstop service came months...
...still needs orders for 50 more before it can hope to turn a profit, is losing $500,000 to $750,000 on each one it delivers. Douglas Aircraft last week won FAA certification for its DC-8, which will be put in service this month by United and Delta airlines. Even though Douglas has 143 planes on order, it needs to turn out many more before it can make a profit on the liner. General Dynamics' Convair Division has spent $57 million to develop its long-range jet 600 and shorter-range 880. But so far it has orders...
...Association, chairman of the Associated Press nominating committee, a member of the National Conference of Editorial Writers, the National Press Club and the American Society of Newspaper Editors, topping it all off with a long list of trusteeships, directorships, honorary posts and the job of national treasurer of Sigma Delta Chi, the professional journalism fraternity...
...sailors are a happy, capable crew who are willing to suffer minor discomforts for the sake of new discoveries. Waiting for them are thousands of miles of unexplored regions-the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, San Francisco's Bay, New England's coves, New Orleans' delta. Wherever they go, they find others like themselves, eager to share possessions and experiences. Marinas, yachtels and boatels welcome them with everything from ice to beer to sparkplugs to diapers. Cruising families suddenly find that children are better behaved than they were at home, and even other people somehow look nicer-good...