Word: geared
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...such discrepancies, there was no doubt that the Russians had bagged the U2. They had Powers, and they displayed some convincing wreckage. The long, gliderlike wings were remarkably intact. The Pratt & Whitney J57 jet engine was easily identifiable, as were the U.S. manufacturers' labels on cameras and electronic gear. Along with the varied supply of foreign money that Khrushchev had reported in the captured pilot's possession, the Soviets also laid out a pistol, a tube of morphine, a flashlight, a half-pack of Kent cigarettes, a Social Security card (No. 230-30-0321), a couple of pocketknives...
Fringe of Space. Soon after the cold war began, heavily loaded U.S. patrol bombers began lugging cameras and electronic gear around the rim of Russia to scout out Soviet radar defenses. As they fought their ill-equipped, cold-war intelligence battles, they counted their casualties from Siberia to Armenia. Some five years ago the Central Intelligence Agency asked California's Lockheed Aircraft Corp. to design an almost incredible plane. It must be capable of deep penetration of the Soviet land mass; it must be able to fly far above the possibility of interception-out on the fringes of space...
Everything about the U-2 seemed tailored to obtain the last inch of range, the last moment of endurance. The thin straight wings were a model of aerodynamic cleanliness; the raked, razorlike tail added a minimum of drag. Even the landing gear was pared to the final ounce. Light bicycle-type main wheels were aided by wingtip wheels that were dropped immediately after takeoff. Between gliding and plain powered flight, Sekigawa guessed that the U-2 could stay aloft as long as nine hours on a single trip...
...days that followed, Lucas stuck to his guns, defending the person and regime of President Syngman Rhee. Soon he began getting threatening telephone calls in his Bando Hotel room in Seoul. Provided with an armed guard by Rhee, Lucas hastily packed his gear, flew off to safety in Tokyo. There, last week, he was still shaken by his experience. "Whoever leads the Republic of Korea in the months ahead will govern at the pleasure of the mob," wrote Lucas. "That this could happen in Korea - which I've come to regard as my second home - is unbelievable...
...next year, $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 a year after that. Applying its accrued write-offs to the real estate profits the first two years, Sunset's real estate profits will be taxfree. When the intangible write-offs are used up by 1962, Sterling will carefully gear his well drilling to his real estate taxes, and get rich at the benefit of the tax laws. Says Sterling: "Our people will have to put on roller skates to keep up with the money." Sunset's calculated net gain over the next eight years...