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...above Wendover Air Force Base, Utah by a specially adapted B-52. As soon as it cuts loose with its rocket engine roaring, the pilot will head it on a steep trajectory like a ballistic missile. In 30 to 40 seconds, if all goes well, it will approach Mach 3 (three times the speed of sound) at an altitude of 100,000 ft. From this point it will be, as the airplane people say, "beyond the envelope of knowledge," flying higher and faster than a manned aircraft has ever flown...
...whose accuracy and judgment are as yet superior to those of unmanned vehicles. Last week the Air Force announced that it would contract with Los Angeles' North American Aviation, Inc. for development of the WS (for weapon system) -110A, an intercontinental bomber hopefully designed to fly at Mach 3 (three times the speed of sound) at altitudes ranging to 125,000 ft. The so-called "chemical bomber" will use not the ordinary fuels such as kerosene and gasoline but materials probably composed, in part, of boron, an element of the familiar household cleansing chemical borax...
...110A, in the works for more than two years, is the natural successor to the Boeing B-52 (now replacing the long-range B-36) and an advance on Convair's B58 Hustler, a Mach 2 medium bomber (not yet operational). Both the B-52 and B58 require refueling on intercontinental missions, while the WS-110A should be able to fly from Chicago to Moscow and back without refueling. If the WS-110A prototype proves its worth, the plane could be in production in about five years, an important ace in the sky in the event that untried, untested...
...broke the east-to-west record (despite 40-to-150-m.p.h. head winds) in 3 hr. 34 min. 8.8 sec. When he blinked past his home base, Sweet clocked a round-trip record-6 hr. 42 min. 6.7 sec.-averaging 721.9 m.p.h. For the trip he was well above Mach 1.0 (the speed of sound), and at several points along the way he cracked through a ground speed of a little more than 1,000 m.p.h...
...William F. Knowland, 49, stepped into an F-100F Super Sabre jet at Los Angeles International Airport for an invigorating supersonic flight, whizzed along over the Southern California desert at more than 1,000 m.p.h. to break the sound barrier, smilingly received a certificate of membership in the exclusive "Mach Buster's Club." Scheduled for this week: a Sacramento press conference at which every Californian from Governor Goodwin Knight to MGM's Leo the Lion expects him to announce his candidacy for governor...