Word: scorpion
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...twin-jet Scorpion interceptor-shiningly fresh from Northrop Aircraft Co.'s assembly line-looked like a purposeful insect as it edged out on to the runway at the Ontario (Calif.) International Airport. Few heads turned as it took off at exactly noon one day last week -it was being flown on a routine production test, as a preliminary to being delivered to the Air Force. But two minutes later the airport tower man strained to watch it; the voice of the Scorpion's pilot had just spoken eight chilling words from a loudspeaker at the field...
...Scorpion came howling toward home, he quietly outlined his situation 1) his right engine was on fire, 2) he had the fire under control, 3) the burning engine was delivering no thrust. In the next agonizing minute it became evident that he had other troubles...
...November, said Gilpatric, aircraft deliveries to the Air Force reached 666, highest monthly mark since World War II. Though encouraging, the figure was still about 100 behind the stretched-out schedule set earlier this year. Gilpatric admitted production difficulties on the Northrop F89 Scorpion and the Republic F-84F Thunderstreak...
...Convair and the Air Force think the money well spent. If the F-102 lives up to hopes, the Air Force will eventually make it the No. 1 plane for defense of the continental U.S., use it to replace such current fighters as the FSg Scorpion, the F94 and the F-86D Sabre...
...Force Material & Services in World War 11, later served as president of the Aircraft Industries Association. Echols soon shook the soggy company into a model of cost-conscious efficiency. Northrop was left free to do what he liked best: design. And just before Echols came in, Northrop's Scorpion design landed a $50 million production contract. Echols bossed the production...