Word: flighting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...before firing, rocketmen removed the heated blanket draped around the bird to keep electrical relays from freezing up. Then they took cover, while the firing officer waited until the ship was at the right degree of pitch and roll to enable the rocket to get off in straight-up flight. At firing time, Gralla. standing on the unsheltered wing of his bridge to spot possible trouble, was the only man out in the open. Says he: "That's what skippers...
...second shot, a conventional 65-ft.Thor, successfully ran its 1,600-mile flight, bringing to 36 the total of Thor rockets tested...
...From a total of $400 million in the '20s, hat sales dropped to a low of $250 million in 1953. Part of the trouble was a shift in fashion; the longtime dictum that every woman had to wear a hat to be well dressed almost died in the flight to the suburbs and the new, casual living. But fault also lay with the hatmakers; hats became too silly even for women to wear. Says Designer Victor: "We forgot one thing-to make the hats pretty. All you have to do is show a woman that she looks prettier with...
...burdened B-52 climbed to 38,000 ft., which is the altitude where the X-15 will be launched in free flight. In the dense lower air the off-center weight called for trim adjustments, but at the critical launch height and speed Mach 0.8, there was no trouble at all. After 70 minutes B-52 Pilot Charles Bock gently eased the coupled pair back down to a landing...
Last week's flight was like the first hesitant step of an infant who will some day grow into a record-breaking runner. Other, more confident steps will follow. Soon the X-15 will be carried aloft with a full 15,000-lb. load of liquid oxygen and liquid ammonia fuel. The emergency fuel-ejecting system and a dozen other complex gadgets will be air-checked. On another flight the X-15, probably with Crossfield at the controls, will be dropped to glide without power to earth. Then will come the first tentative powered flights, using only a fraction...