Word: hulled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Plasti-Craft's streamlined XL-525, a 14-ft. Fiberglas-reinforced outboard runabout. Made of Owens-Corning Fiberglas and plastic, the hull needs no paint or calking (price: about $575). Other Fiberglas boats on display: Lunn Laminates' 18-ft. sloop, Challenger, Ray Greene & Co.'s 16-ft. sloop, Rebel...
...brings no jot of extenuating talent. His play is as harmless, soporific and old-fashioned as a child's soothing syrup. Its big asset is that grandma is played by that favorite of You Can't Take It With You, Arsenic and Old Lace and Harvey, Josephine Hull. But seldom has so winning an actress engaged in so losing a fight...
...engineers have dug into the back drawer files and dusted off some old ideas, to start a new trend in naval aircraft. Today's high speeds, said the Secretary, mean that planes must be stronger than ever to stand the strain. The size and weight of a seaplane hull is hardly more of a drawback than the bulky landing gear of a big bomber. Jet engines have cut down the need to raise old-fashioned seaplane propellers high out of the spray. And the hydro-ski, a beefed-up version of the sportsman's waterski, has given...
Mounted on a strut below a conventional seaplane hull, the short hydro-ski knifes to the surface and supports the plane's weight even at low speeds. Skimming along like a fast-moving aquaplane, it permits the plane to take off after a relatively short run. In landings, the hydro-ski takes up the first shock, lowers the hull gently to the water, and, as an added advantage, allows the plane to operate in rough seas...
...give some idea of the character of the explosion, perhaps I might say this. Normal blood temperature is 98⅔ degrees. When the flash first burst through the hull of Plym, the temperature was nearly 1,000,000 degrees...