Word: pilots
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...million next fiscal year (beginning July 1) to develop three prototypes of the bomber. McNamara reasons that missiles like the Minuteman are the weapons of the future, not manned bombers. But General Curtis LeMay, the Air Force's tough Chief of Staff and an old bomber pilot, made a strong plea to Vinson's committee for rapid development of the full RS-70 weapons system...
Everyone was most cordial. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Richard Russell set the tone for the session: "I understand from Senator Byrd that you are a Virginia boy." U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers, making his first public appearance since his release from captivity in the Soviet Union, smiled back. Then, in a soft drawl, he told his story. Committee members asked a few gentle questions, and sent him on his way with their paternal blessings. It was all over in 90 minutes...
Luckiest of all was Harbor Pilot Harold Kaiser. Unable to get off the liner United States by small boat after clearing New York Harbor in the rough seas, he sailed off to Europe on an unexpected 13-day vacation cruise...
...Terrence Murphy '63 cautioned that the Metropolitan State Hospital program involves a one-one volunteer-patient ratio, while at Fernard volunteers will work in a three-to-one ratio. Murphy decided that case-aid would be too intimate a relationship for a pilot program, particularly one which will be seen interrupted by summer vacation...
...working with stars in our eyes." twinkles McDonnell. Besides their space research, his scientists are busy digging into solid-state physics, aerodynamic heating and data processing. And for all his long lead in the space race, Old Pilot McDonnell is betting his bluest chips on planes, which still account for two-thirds of his sales. Says he: "There will be manned aircraft so long as there's air, just as there will be manned spacecraft so long as there's space...