Word: droppings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This exchange of letters indirectly resulted from a 1947 State Department attempt to promote German-American understanding. The Department inserted a small advertisement in American zone newspapers, stating that Americans would reply to letters addressed to a special drop in Washington, D. C. Officials expected a few thousand replies; in three months they had a warehouse basement stuffed with, over 100,000 letters, and no facilities for their disposal...
Chuck knew now that the B-29 was in a flat power glide to increase its speed to 240 m.p.h., minimum flying speed of the loaded X-1. "B29 eight zero zero," chanted Major Cardenas, "30 seconds to drop time...
...seconds to drop time, Cardenas told Chuck to start his recording instruments. ("He always remembers," says...
Cardenas, "but I'm supposed to tell him.") Another short silence. Then Cardenas counted the last ten seconds: "Ten-nine-eight-seven-six-five ["He always misses one of them," says Chuck] three-two-one-drop...
...Wringing-Out. Chuck's X-1, like all modern aircraft, was first tested while still on the drawing boards. Some manufacturers make scale models of their new airplanes and drop them from high altitudes. As they streak down to destruction, telemetering instruments report their performance by radio. After the airplane itself is assembled, the "contractor's" test pilots have the ticklish job of easing it into the air. In the case of high-speed aircraft, this is generally done at Muroc; civilian pilots like the field as much as the Air Force does. Untested aircraft are shipped...