Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Corp. put the world's first ramjet helicopter* through its paces for the U.S. Air Force. In test flights, the 310-lb. "flying bike" readily lifted an additional 300 Ibs. and attained a speed of 50 m.p.h. To the Air Force, it looked like just the thing for short-range observation work, artillery spotting and courier service. ¶ At San Diego, Consolidated Vultee's experimental "flying auto" made its first test flight, circling the city for an hour and 18 minutes. The plane's 34½-ft. wing, housing a 190-h.p. engine and a flight instrument...
Life Begins at 59. The Army's ouster of Getulio Vargas two years ago was Mangabeira's invitation to pick up, at 59, the political career cut short 15 years before. Since then, he has worked fast-guiding U.D.N., helping to write Brazil's new constitution, getting himself elected governor of Bahia...
...heater. Investigators suspected another cause. This was that gasoline, overflowing from the wing tanks, had caught fire as it was vented under the fuselage just forward of the heater air intake. If that proved to be the case, Douglas estimated that modifications could be made in a short time. But the Sixes would stay on the ground until CAB and Douglas were sure they had eliminated the cause...
Antifreeze Squeeze. Cold weather caught the U.S. short of antifreeze. In many cities, under-the-counter caches (at over listed price) were the only source of supply. One reason for the shortage: production remained the same, while the number of cars increased. Another reason: chemical manufacturers are using more methanol and glycols, two basic ingredients of antifreeze, for plastics...
Died. Baroness Orczy (Mrs. Montague Barstow), 82, champagne-and-swordplay novelist whose foppish, daredevil hero, "The Scarlet Pimpernel," first appeared in 1905, reappeared in twelve subsequent novels and one book of short stories, was the heaviest single contributor to her fame (and a Riviera villa); in London...