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...upward. When they all are pulling together, the props should generate enough direct lift to raise the plane vertically. When safely above obstacles, the pilot will gradually tilt the wing into normal flying position. The plane has yet to be flown, but its designers admit that it is no speedster. It will cruise at less than 300 m.p.h., and its operating radius with full load is only about 230 miles. These limits are the penalties it pays for its vertical lifting power...
...attack is led by junior Tino O'Brien, one of the leading scorers in the league, and captain Jim Haws. The third man is either Sam Pierson, a 5 ft. 5 in. speedster, or husky Phil Goldfarb...
...crew could note whether selected targets have been hit and destroyed. If any are still surviving, the All could radio for another salvo of Minutemen, which would arrive in 30 minutes. It might even drop an H-bomb itself, but this would not be easy. When an All type speedster gets near enough to a target to observe it clearly, it will have already passed the optimum release point. Its bomb will have to curve back to the target under some kind of guidance...
...their first meet of the year last week, the sailors came within a point of upsetting nationally ranked North Carolina. Pacing their effort was junior Mike Collins, a freestyle speedster whose best times in the 50- and 100-yard events are both under the present Harvard records...
...dashes Awori will face stiff competition from Army's captain, Joe Almaguer, and Gregg Steele, who took second and third behind the Crimson speedster in the indoor sprints...