Word: mache
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mach 1.5. American designers, say their British colleagues, have neglected delta-wings because they are necessarily preoccupied with long range. To get range, they designed planes with long, slender wings and high wing-loading. These tend to be fine for range, but not so good for takeoff, climb, ceiling and maneuverability. Many British designers believe that they are also inferior to delta-wings for speeds up to Mach 1.5 (1½ times the speed of sound...
...University--and Conant in particular--suffered an embarrassing time in the press, mach of which was deserved or inevitable. The University had not made its principles clear, and it had ignored the wishes of undergraduates in making its decisions. But today Conant can look back at the Walsh-Sweezey incident and reflect "that in the end its effect was a healthful one for out present tenure system works very smoothly...
...turns the nose upward for a steep climb. This keeps the speed below Mach 1, and takes him up toward the thin upper atmosphere where really high speed is possible. Bill finally reaches a point where the air is so thin that it can no longer support the Skyrocket below the speed of sound. Then he "bends over," flies at a flatter climb, and lets the speed build...
...Mach One. "You pick out someone to fight and you try to get on his tail. Everyone's flying all around you and you're a bit afraid of a collision. You're only human and you're worried. Yet the speed is so great that you'd have a hard time trying to ram someone if you wanted...
...feel pretty good when you're on someone's tail and shooting at him. You don't know there are other planes in the sky. The speeds are terrific-we actually dogfight at Mach 1.0, the speed of sound. The controls are hard to move and you have to use both hands on them...