Word: metalled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Standing on the runway on insectlike legs, the plane had a hunched, tense look. Its nose was a sharp metal spike, and the leading edges of its delta wing curled downward a little, suggesting a cobra's hood. But even when it was standing still, it seemed to be moving, and when its engines opened wide, it snapped forward like a toy on a rubber cord and leaped into the air at a sharp angle. The plane was the new B58 Hustler, a bomber made by Convair...
Bubbly Aluminum. The first practical "foamed" aluminum for extra-light weight has been produced under U.S. Air Force contract by Bjorksten Research Laboratories at Madison, Wis. Filled with bubbles made by hydrogen gas, the new metal is one-tenth as heavy as aluminum sheet, can be sawed, nailed, bolted or glued to other objects. Immediate military use: as lightweight parts in jet planes. Potential civilian use: as a fireproof, rot-resistant substitute for lumber in residential house construction...
...light flared even brighter last week when in Washington a federal judge undertook to decide whether Girard should be tried by a U.S. or a Japanese court for the fatal shooting of a Japanese woman scrounging metal on an Army firing range (TIME. June 17). He was not attempting to pass on Girard's guilt or innocence, said District Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy. Nor was he assessing the relative merits of U.S. and Japanese justice. But since the Army admits that Girard was on duty when he fired the shot, the U.S. was in error when it waived...
...Manganese-ore deposits of 1,000,000 tons with 45% metal content were found at Djebel Guettara, south of Morocco. France calculates that with an investment of only $2,000,000, she could economically mine 50,000 tons a year...
...shaped Atlas slowly, silently lifted into the air, gaining speed, her exhausts pushing down neat twin yellow-white flames. Then, almost 8,000 ft. up, one flame trail lengthened, turned orange, mingled with ominous black smoke. The missile lurched to one side, straightened out, began to drop away, spewing metal shards. The trouble: one engine had lost power, thrown the Bird out of kilter, made the missile a safety hazard. On Cape Canaveral test officers quickly reacted, exploded Atlas by remote control. The missile crashed with a thud into the surf only a few miles from its launching site...