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...Astrojet gets its pep from a new engine: the Pratt & Whitney turbofan, which develops 17,000 Ibs. thrust. Basically, the turbofan sucks in a larger mass of air than regular jet engines to produce greater thrust with less fuel. A fan, set just inside the air intake (see diagram), pulls in the air. then blasts about 60% of it out through openings on the side of the jet pod to provide just under 50% of the engine's total thrust. The rest of the air is directed into the engine's burning chamber. The engine produces 20% more...
...plans for intensifying the Program. The meeting will include talks on teaching and research programs conducted at the Med School and a speech by Pusey. In the afternoon session the group will hear Ridley Watts '23, General Chairman; Dr. George P. Berry, Dean of the School: and Laurence O. Pratt '26, Program Manager...
...Finger Lakes country of upstate New York, and his first ambition was to be a naval officer. Twice he applied for an appointment to Annapolis, twice flunked the math examination. As a child he had always sketched and drawn; he decided to make art his career. He studied at Pratt Institute, the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design. After a stint as a Navy radio operator during World War I, he lived briefly in Paris. The art world was popping with new group movements in those days, but Dickinson chose a path...
...Force rolled out its first B-52H bomber, designed to serve as a launching platform for four long-range (1,000 miles), air-launched Skybolt missiles. The airplane itself is powered by eight new Pratt & Whitney J57 turbofan engines, has a range of 10,000 miles, will be able to launch its atom-tipped Skybolts without having to make deep, dangerous penetrations into hostile airspace. The 6-52-Skybolt weapons system will have one advantage over ground-launched rockets: it can be recalled at any time before it reaches the release point for its birds...
...three bullets from a pistol aimed by a wealthy White framer-businessman ended all that. David Pratt's attempt on Verwoerd's life consolidated Nationalist Afrikanerdom because Verwoerd became a martyr, prepared to sacrifice his life in his crusade for apartheid and White rule...