Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...speed up ICBM and satellite research programs...
Showing off the quality of its fast-building force of Century-series jet planes and especially the capabilities of its new KC-135 jet air-to-air refueling tankers, the U.S. Air Force brought down a whole set of "high-speed flight records. Blasting off a runway at Ontario International Airport near Los Angeles one morning last week, four McDonnell RF-101 jets headed for New York. Coursing at 40.000 to 50,000 ft. over Albuquerque, Oklahoma City. St. Louis and Pittsburgh, the pilots of the twin-jet Voodoos dropped down only to 35,000 ft. for four or five...
...west record (despite 40-to-150-m.p.h. head winds) in 3 hr. 34 min. 8.8 sec. When he blinked past his home base, Sweet clocked a round-trip record-6 hr. 42 min. 6.7 sec.-averaging 721.9 m.p.h. For the trip he was well above Mach 1.0 (the speed of sound), and at several points along the way he cracked through a ground speed of a little more than 1,000 m.p.h...
...slowpokes were the other two Voodoo pilots: Captain Ray Schrecengost, 31, flew the round trip at an average speed of 671.4 m.p.h.; Captain Robert Kilpatrick, 32, flew the first leg (landing at McGuire) averaging 765.68 m.p.h. Rewards for all four: the Distinguished Flying Cross to Sweet and Klatt, Air Medals to Schrecengost and Kilpatrick...
...essence of espresso is speed," explained Morris Yarrow, proprietor of the new Cafe Mozart, as he brought out two cups. "The process is the reverse of tea making, where you let the tea infuse slowly into the water." At the Plympton Street cafe, abstract paintings have replaced the chalk drawings of the old Capriccio, while uniform black tables and unpainted chairs contribute a slight austerity to Yarrow's coffee house...