Word: meteoric
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...daredevil, not-so-young Britons flew faster last week than men had ever flown before in level flight. At Herne Bay, England, a Gloster Meteor jet plane, piloted by Group Captain H. J. ("Willie") Wilson, 37, of the R.A.F. made four 70-mile runs at an average speed of 606 miles per hour.-In the same type of plane, Eric Greenwood, 38, of the Gloster Aircraft Co. flew nearly as fast. For a while Greenwood thought he had the record. When photographic timing showed him beaten, he was ready with the British sportsman's typical comment: "Really? Good...
With some planes, the shock wave may form at speeds as low as 550 m.p.h. Captain Wilson's Meteor was probably designed specially to push the danger limit upward. Even so, he did not dare use the full power of his jets...
...journalistic meteor was Kenneth Langley, 16, an auburn-haired, apple-cheeked high-school student. He sold Erwin Canham, the Monitor's shrewd and scholarly editor on a kid's eye report on UN CIO. His column has appeared in the Monitor under such headings as: "Boy Reporter Offers Proof China Will Be Strong Nation." Kenneth got off to a slow start. Racing back & forth between his classes and the Opera House a block away, he filed 500 words of stiff schoolboy prose to Boston every night. Soon Editor Canham offered a suggestion: let the grown-up reporters cover...
...bolide is the only noisy type of meteor.* It is said to move at a rate of five to 20 miles a second. As it travels, air piles up in front of it, making a windy whoosh. Air friction turns the outside of the meteor white-hot while the inside remains cold. A few seconds after it hits the earth's atmosphere, the bolide explodes with a bang...
...meteor, or fragment, which hits the earth as a solid body is called a meteorite; one which explodes in the air, a bolide...