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Word: flugzeugbau (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...once huge aircraft industry has been pulled together into two big "North" and "South" industrial units, composed of such famous firms as Heinkel, Messerschmitt and Dornier. The government has already awarded them contracts to make 200 F-104s and other foreign planes under license. A Krupp subsidiary, "Weser" Flugzeugbau, has been commissioned to design a medium-range transport. In March, Strauss's Defense Ministry parceled out $520 million in military spending, five times the average of any preceding month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Speeding Up | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

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