Word: jetted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...TWENTIETH CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "Supersonic Jet Race," a report on the multibillion-dollar commercial aviation duel between Europe...
...Mist. Forty-eight Thunderchiefs had been assigned to bomb the Thanhhoa bridge, a key rail-highway span across the Song Ma River, 76 miles south of Hanoi. The jets flew in groups of four; while one flight attacked, the others circled the area, their speed cut by the weight of their armament-eight 750-lb. bombs and 2,000 lbs. of cannon shells in each aircraft. High above and to the north, F-100 Super Sabre jets flew combat air patrol. Their mission: to forewarn of the approach of enemy aircraft and if possible to intercept. The Super Sabres...
They were attacked by four MIGs. Although the ensuing dogfight was too fast and furious for the U.S. pilots to make positive identification, the MIGs almost certainly belonged to the Chinese Communists rather than the North Vietnamese. When the battle was over, one Phantom jet was missing, though the Pentagon refused to confirm the loss officially. As for the MIGs, they beat a hasty retreat in the direction of Hainan...
Plum for Boeing. United Air Lines, the largest U.S. line, announced the biggest individual order in air transport history: $750 million worth of jet planes and spare parts. Most of the 144-plane plum went to Seattle's Boeing Co., which thus not only reinforced its position as the world's largest maker of commercial planes (recently wrested from Los Angeles' Douglas Aircraft), but also gained dramatically in its race to catch up with Douglas and British Aircraft Corp. in sales of short-range jets. United will acquire 130 Boeing planes in all: 70 twin-jet short...
Though United disappointed Douglas by spurning its short-range DC-9 jet, it handed over $130 million worth of consolation: firm orders or options for 14 long-range DC-8s. Half of them constituted the very first order for the world's largest commercial jet: the DC-8-61. Now on the assembly line, the huge plane can carry 251 passengers, is a 36-ft. longer version of the DC-8, which accommodates 189 people. Eastern Airlines also ordered four DC-8-61s last week, and American Airlines, already committed to spending $205 million for 49 new Boeing...