Word: fasters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Valkyrie's starboard side sidled a needle-nosed F-104 Starfighter flown by the nation's-and perhaps the world's-finest test pilot, Joseph A. Walker of NASA, who in 25 flights in the X-15 rocket plane had flown higher (354,200 ft.) and faster (4,104 m.p.h.) than man had ever gone in a winged ship. Walker, who was preparing to join the B70 program, had been flying "chase" behind the Valkyrie to observe it in operation. Next, an Air Force F-5 fighter-bomber tucked into position behind Walker...
Ryun has run faster since. Distance runners traditionally do not reach their peak before their mid-20s-Britain's Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4-min. barrier in 1954, and France's Michel Jazy, the current record holder, is 30. Ryun, at the tender age of 19, is already the second-fastest miler in history. In this month's Compton Invitational track meet at Los Angeles, he sped the distance in 3 min. 53.7 sec.-just .1 sec. off Jazy's world record. Afterward, he complained mildly that the official who was supposed...
...Normally the layers of cord in a tire are set at 30° angles to one another, forming a diamond pattern around the wheel, but in a radial tire the cords are at 90° angles, forming a pattern of crosses. With this structure, the faster a car goes, the more tread is slapped onto the ground. The result is better road grip and up to 100% longer tread life-but also a harder ride. The tires are costly: about $50 each...
...they said, the "normal level" for annual auto sales should run about 11.5 million cars, far above the record-breaking 9.3 million of last year. Predicted one Ford official: "At constant car prices, dollar sales of new cars will increase at a compound rate of 4.2% per year, faster than the growth we project for the gross national product...
...Eastern and American Airlines. Though the U.S. SST does not yet have a builder-Washington will decide between Boeing and Lockheed by year's end-and will not be in service until 1974, 22 airlines have plunked down $9.6 million in deposits for 96 bigger (250 passengers) and faster (1,850 m.p.h.) American supersonics...