Word: piston
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...premature case of the palsy soon to afflict all airframe companies in the age of aerospace. Fast disappearing were the World War II days of mass production of aircraft with relatively little emphasis on quality control. In the swiftest industrial sequence in history, the U.S. was shifting from piston-engine planes to jets, from jets to missiles, and on beyond to the incredibly precise devices required for space exploration. Between 1953 and 1961, Pentagon purchases of manned aircraft plummeted from 9,000 to 1,500 per year, while Government spending on missiles, rockets and related research soared 600%, from...
Salvage Artist. The man behind Honda's meteoric rise is balding, energetic Soichi Honda, 55. A blacksmith's son, Honda quit school to become an auto mechanic, by 27 had his own garage with 50 helpers. Before World War II, he switched over to manufacturing piston rings, but his business faltered-which he blamed on his own lack of schooling. To salvage his firm, Honda enrolled in a technical school at night, continued to run the business by day. The company soon got on its feet, only to be knocked flat by a U.S. air raid...
...drift on the wind with others who share the love of the experience. Many of the entrants at Wichita also fly powered planes, e.g., 46-year-old Leonard Pratt, a Central Airlines captain, who took up sailing as an exhilarating change from the security-and the thunder-of piston flight. Another contestant, Gleb Derujinsky, 36, makes his living as a freelance fashion photographer...
...models than General Dynamics. Douglas has managed to keep its cost on the long-range DC-8 jet down to $292 million. But with 172 DC-8s sold and 146 delivered, a Douglas spokesman admits that "we're still developing the plane.'' Back in the halcyon piston days, it cost Douglas only $42 million to bring forth the profitable DC-6. In the last two years the DC-8 has hit Douglas with $53 million in losses after balancing the costs against profits from other divisions...
...Saturday (3-5 p.m.) program at Matthews Common Room will be Sibellius, Four Legends, Opus 22; Mahler. Symphony no. 1 in D major; Piston. Three Pieces for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon; Thompson, Suits for Oboe, Clarinet, and Viola; Rieti, Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano; and Jongen, Concerto, Opus...