Word: mach
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hope Buick Show (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). The usual Mach 2 patter, this time originating at the U.S. Air Force Academy...
They did just fine. A staff of six devoted a full two months to the project, consulted occasionally with Artist Artzybasheff, and produced seven lively models-made of Styrofoam with a papier-maché; and plastic covering. The wide-eyed, camera-wielding Tiros caricature became a wonderfully evocative, 8-ft.-wide monster; and the nose on the 8-ft.-long Vanguard III would arouse the envy of even Los Angeles Neighbor Jimmy Durante...
While cities are hustling to catch up with the jet age, the wisest airport builders are looking ahead-to the 1970s and 500,000-lb. supersonic airliners. Seattle is building a runway extension long enough-and strong enough-for Mach 3 aircraft. Brussels, by the end of 1961, will be one of the world's best-equipped airports, capable of handling 3,000,000 passengers a year v. the present 1,000,000. Explaining the philosophy behind the avant-garde Dulles airport, FAA Boss Elwood ("Pete") Quesada says: "We designed this airport for the requirements not only of this...
...Mach 3 jets and deep space probes, the oldfashioned, slow-moving train has won a new-fashioned respectability among airmen. "In the Air Force," says the train's commander, Lieut. Colonel Carleton V. Hansen, "the key thing is to feel that what you are doing is important. We all know that Minuteman counts...
...Douglas jets. Its big advantages are speed-some 40 m.p.h. faster than the 707 and the DC-8-and what promises to be impressive economy of operation. Powered by four commercial versions of the General Electric J-jg engine that pushes the Air Force 6-58 Hustler bomber to Mach 2 speeds, the 880 has so much power that even with a full passenger load it needs only 5,800 ft. of runway for take-off (v. 8,000 ft. for bigger jets), can serve almost any airport that handles four-engined planes...