Word: flypast
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Concern for Weapons. The Air Force, on the other hand, was concerned about weapons that will take years to get to the firing line: manned fighters and bombers. After the Moscow flypast put on by the Red air force (see THE WORLD), the U.S.A.F. was quick to suggest that the U.S. is falling behind the Russians in the production of manned military aircraft. Just five years ago, the Russians put on a similar show with similar results-a U.S. rush to produce more manned bombers. That time, the Russians were bluffing about their concern over building a bomber fleet; despite...
...artful campaign to persuade the West that in the rocket age, warplanes are not worth a ruble-or a U.S. defense dollar. "Airplanes," sneered Nikita Khrushchev, "belong in museums." But last week at Moscow's Tushino airport, as the Soviet Air Force staged its first public flypast in three years, it was clear that Soviet aviation designers have been working overtime all the while. More than 100,000 spectators, including Khrushchev, squinted into the bright sunny sky as one new plane after another whooshed into view, then veered sharply away to prevent Western observers from getting too close...