Word: engineeer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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"All we have been able to do since the invasion is hide and whisper," said Pepe. Castro boasts that he has 500,000 of Cuba's 6,000,000 people spying for him. On the 15-mile drive from his home to Havana, Pepe had to run ten checks...
The 42-ft. cabin cruiser had enough electronic equipment to fit out a small space satellite: hifi, stereo, TV, RDF, ship-to-shore radio, as well as refrigerator, push-button electric anchor, three-ton central air-conditioning unit, and separate power plant. Bored by the waste of time involved in...
The Ryan Flex Wing has no conventional control surfaces. Its pilot and 100-h.p. engine hang well below the kitelike wing, and control is accomplished by tilting the wing with respect to the heavy, low-hanging engine. If the leading point of the wing is lowered, the Flex Wing tends...
The prototype tested last week flew only a short distance-never higher than 500 ft., never faster than 60 m.p.h. But Ryan has swift, high-flying hopes for its slow, primitive-looking contraption. The wing is extremely light; it can be folded into a small package and spread out swiftly...
When Cayley wrote those prophetic words, the only "first movers" available were monstrously heavy steam engines. He saw little chance of making them light enough for flight, and he tried unsuccessfully to build a light, powerful engine that worked by expanding air. He also invented the tension-spoke wheel, the...