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After years of experiment, the U.S. Air Force has a supersonic, delta-wing aircraft in production. It is the F-102 interceptor, made by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. Its engine is a Pratt & Whitney J57 turbojet. The F-102 has a vertical fin with a conventional rudder, but it has no horizontal tail surfaces. The trailing edges of the triangular wings carry "elevens" that do double service as ailerons and "flippers" (elevator controls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Supersonic Delta Wing | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

...fighter and interceptor force; a bomber force of 40 wings with a backbone of jet B-47 bombers and the intercontinental 6-36s-with complete conversion to jet bombers scheduled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The New Dimension | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

...aware of your worldwide readership, but in case your records don't show it, you can place a pin in the map near Thule, Greenland, on the icecap." Lieut. Ehlert explained how this pinpoint got there: "My pilot and I are a crew for an F94 Starfire interceptor stationed at Thule. We were going through the final test of our survival training by living for two days in a snow and ice shelter that we had built, using the equipment that we carry in our survival kits, which are strapped to our parachutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 1, 1954 | 2/1/1954 | See Source »

...twin-jet Scorpion interceptor-shiningly fresh from Northrop Aircraft Co.'s assembly line-looked like a purposeful insect as it edged out on to the runway at the Ontario (Calif.) International Airport. Few heads turned as it took off at exactly noon one day last week -it was being flown on a routine production test, as a preliminary to being delivered to the Air Force. But two minutes later the airport tower man strained to watch it; the voice of the Scorpion's pilot had just spoken eight chilling words from a loudspeaker at the field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Pilot's Choice | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

Another Try. The big, shiny interceptor skimmed along at terrific speed just above the east-west runway. At the halfway point, Townsend's wheels seemed to touch-but only for a second. He said over the radio: "I'm going to try another circle." For half a mile the crippled Scorpion labored for altitude. The gamble failed. In one last bid for life, Townsend headed toward an open field. It was bordered by houses, and for a tense second or so, as the plane settled, observers were certain that it would smash through them. Then Townsend nosed down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Pilot's Choice | 12/28/1953 | See Source »

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