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...luck, much-publicized crashes and the lack of resources to compete with U.S. giants. As a survival measure, the British government pressured the British aviation industry into consolidating into two major groups in 1960. The groups: 1) British Aircraft Corp., composed of Vickers, English Electric and Bristol, and 2) Hawker Siddeley, which took de Havilland under its wing...
Married. Beatrice Sigrist. 58, widow of Hawker Aircraft Ltd.'s Founder Frederick Sigrist, mother of the jet set's nearly supersonic Bobo Sigrist; and Sir Berkeley Ormerod, 64, retired public relations chief of the British Information Services in the U.S.; she for the third time, he for the first; in London...
Under hurry-up development by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. since 1959, the P-1127 has convinced Pentagon authorities that it is two years ahead of U.S. rivals. It is built around the Bristol Siddeley BS-53 Pegasus, a remarkable jet engine that discharges large volumes of comparatively slow-speed air through four swiveling nozzles that can point either front, back or down. When the VTOL is ready for vertical takeoff, the pilot points all the nozzles down, revs the engine, and the plane rises straight up on an even keel. When sufficiently clear of the ground, the pilot turns the nozzles...
...damp, bone-chilling mornings, factory workers line up in alleyways to buy bits of pancake or oily fritters at outdoor stoves. Often the street hawker runs out of food before half the line is fed. Those who can afford it visit the "free" markets, where peasants sell eggs at 30? each, peanuts at $2 per Ib. and chickens...
...local seamen's union struck to show sympathy with Indonesia, refused to man tugs or docking lines. The Doorman cranked up her aircraft and maneuvered to her berth by using the propeller blasts to nudge alongside the dock. At Hollandia, New Guinea, the Doorman unloaded twelve obsolescent Hawker Hunter turbojets to bolster the small Dutch defense forces. Crying "Horrid imperialists," Indonesia's President Sukarno broke off diplomatic relations with The Netherlands...