Word: engineeer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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*The Savannah is the namesake of the 320-Ton vessel that in 1819 became the first ship to cross the Atlantic with the aid of power, going from Savannah to Liverpool in 29 days 4 hr., using a 10-h.p. steam engine to supplement her sails.
> Biggest sailboat in the show is Pearson's fiber-glass sloop, the Alberg 35. It has a 30-h.p. auxiliary engine, a loft. beam, draws 5 ft. Price: $18,885.
> Outstanding design departure is a 17ft. reinforced-plastic motorboat by Outboard Marine. It has a three-keeled hull which, say the manufacturers, reduces pounding at high speeds. Like a number of other boats in the show, Outboard Marine's is equipped with an inboard-outboard (80 h.p.) engine, a...
Plenty of Warning. Northrop scientists began working on VIPS when they discovered that pilots react quickest to spoken commands; even when a pilot is beginning to black out from G forces and can no longer see warning lights, he hears and understands a distinctive voice. A feminine voice was chosen...
Had Convair backed out of the commercial jet business with the 880 fiasco, it might have held its losses to perhaps $100 million. Instead, in an attempt to recoup its 880 losses, Convair decided to build a long-range jet, the 990, which, by using the then new fanjet engine...