Word: fanning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Saunders-Roe's Hovercraft has a 30-ft. oval hull like an inverted platter. Sticking up from the center is a cylindrical housing for a 435-h.p. engine and a four-bladed fan. Air from the fan is blown down through two ring-shaped ducts under the rim of the hull, and emerges in jets that point inward, forming a kind of wall. Inside this wall a cushion of air builds up and lifts the Hovercraft off the surface. Forward propulsion is obtained by diverting part of the air flow through horizontal ducts (see diagram...
...fan mail is really tremendous...
...outfield, Colavito's mighty arm is one of the most respected in baseball. In fact, it is so good that the Indians have actually used him as a pitcher on occasion. A modest and religious man, Rocky admits he heard a fan yelling at him after the third homer to go for the record. "I looked up to heaven and said, 'Dear God, I'm not greedy. I'll be happy if I can get a single next time.' I always talk to God. He's been good...
...COMMERCIAL JET will be built by Douglas for short to intermediate (up to 1,500 miles) range, and 1963 delivery. The DC-9 will have four Pratt & Whitney turbo-fan engines, carry 68 first-class passengers at 600 m.p.h. Probable delivery price...
...Washington Senators win a close one (7-6) from the Boston Red Sox. got two autographed baseballs (one after a homer) from Senator Slugger Harmon Killebrew to give to grandson David. Ike laughed at a photographer's suggestion that Press Secretary James Hagerty, a dedicated New York Yankee fan, ought to replace cellar-dwelling Yankee Manager Casey Stengel. Quipped the President: "He couldn't do much worse...