Word: sonics
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...make other, harmless parts of the atoll more alluring to goony birds, sprucing up the foliage, sanding over old runways and creating a veritable goony La Guardia Field. If all else fails, DuMont will introduce ultra-high frequency noises to drive the goonies to madness or to less sonic surroundings...
...avoid noise-and enmity-the Air Force last year ordered jet pilots not to roar through the sonic barrier near populated areas. The ADC's chief, General Ben Chidlaw, put the problem to friendly Cartoonist Milton Caniff, whose syndicated (550 papers) Steve Canyon promptly got his jet base out of a jam with local townspeople. Last week, in Shotgun Wedding, ADC men read the even more instructive how-to-do-it story of a real but unnamed jet base commander (actually, Colonel Harry Shoup of Truax Field at Madison, Wis.). The story...
...rockets, possibly Sperry Gyroscope Co.'s new Sparrow missile, now in mass production. Top speed: top secret, but the plane weighs less than 20,000 Ibs. and packs a burly 7,800-lb. -thrust J65 Sapphire engine with afterburner, more than enough to drive it through the sonic barrier in level flight...
Sand Fleas & Sonic Guns. As the headlines grew bigger from coast to coast, experts (mostly self-designated) came forward with explanations. Some choice samples...
...Tacoma, a more solemn expert said that the damage was being caused by unseen little people from outer space, who found that their sonic weapons were not powerful enough to destroy animal tissue, and were venting their disappointment on windshields...