Word: jetted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Close to Home. The sudden willingness of the Communists to do battle in the air raised several questions. Were the Communist planes North Vietnamese or Red Chinese? The markings of the two regimes are similar enough to be confused at the ranges and speeds of jet fighting,* but the official verdict seemed to be that they were North Vietnamese, if only because the radio chatter picked up during the dogfights was in that language...
...says Boston University Aeronautical Engineer Francis Morse, they can be made as sturdy and safe as airplanes. Writing in Britain's New Scientist, Morse proposes a nuclear-powered, helium-buoyed craft that would not only restore public confidence in the dirigible but would also compete economically in the jet...
...crocodiles and shaved off their eyebrows when their cats died. Mark Twain, who made the Grand Tour a century ago, wrote delightedly of the cheapness of Moroccan currency ("I bought nearly half a pint of their money for a shilling"). The package tour, credit cards and 21-day-excursion jet fares have made the wonders of the Nile less wondrous and even Moroccan currency a lot less cheap...
...still hopes to turn out a commercial version of its C-5A that might carry upwards of 900 passengers. It could be ready in 1970, one year after Boeing begins its deliveries. But Lockheed's facilities are presently committed to fulfilling the Pentagon order for the military transport jet. Douglas Aircraft has designed a DC-10 that is roughly the equivalent of Boeing's 747. Now that Pan Am has ordered its jumbo jet, competitive U.S. airlines such as TWA and United have little choice but to follow suit, and it is possible that Douglas or Lockheed will...
...competition for Government approval (and subsidies) of a supersonic transport design. To the winner, that approval will be worth at least $10 billion; a decision by President Johnson is expected this year. In their lobbying efforts, Boeing people like to point out that Lockheed has never made a pure-jet commercial passenger plane; Lockheed representatives retort that Boeing has never made a supersonic plane of any sort...