Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hard trick to do, but last week a B-47 bomber stayed in the jet stream most of the way from March Air Force Base, Calif, to Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., and made the 2,700-mile trip in 3 hr. 47 min. at the average ground speed of 714 m.p.h.-setting an unofficial record. Major Mont Smith, commander of the B-47, gave most of the credit to the AN/APN-66, a navigation device made by General Precision Laboratory, Inc. of Pleasantville, N.Y. The "66," said Major Smith, "put me into a 165 m.p.h. jet stream and held...
...complex dead-reckoning system that measures the airplane's speed by means of radar pulses reflected from the ground. It also measures the sideways drift caused by cross winds and keeps track of the airplane's heading during all parts of the flight. This informa tion, combined automatically by a computer, tells the pilot continuously where he is, and as a kind of extra feature, the clever "66" helps him find the fastest wind to boost him to his destination...
...M.P.H. SPEEDS for intercontinental missiles will be studied at Cornell University under new $1,000,000 Air Force contract. School will build hypersonic wind tunnel and high-temperature research apparatus, test models at 15 times speed of sound and temperatures close to sun's surface (10,000°F.). Biggest job: to develop metals that can withstand such heat...
Heavyweight Ted Robbins won the New England championships last year, but seems to have suffered by lack of competition. He is a comparatively seasoned wrestler with everything but speed...
Watkins looks like the best prospect on the team, combining speed and ability. He was runner-up last year in the New England championships...