Word: sst
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...historical drama, not a Profile in Courage, but a reportorial thriller of seventy-nine days in the winter and spring of '70. It is set in the same Senate with many of the same Senators who are presently refueling for a second fight with the SST...
...attended the TIME/ 747 Conference in Seattle, where most of them got their first glimpse of the awesome jumbo jet. The following winter TIME flew a similar group to Bristol, England, and then to Paris for a peek at the Concorde and a seminar on the future of the SST...
...first, the Soviets grabbed the headlines with a dazzling array of new aircraft, especially the TU-144 supersonic jetliner. But when the Paris Air Show got into full swing last week, the French crowds were flocking to see a competing SST, the Anglo-French Concorde. If the Western European jet makes its commercial debut in 1974 or 1975, it will be the first supersonic liner in regular service. TIME'S Paris bureau chief, William Rademaekers, went to Le Bourget Airport to look at the Concorde, and was invited to become one of the first journalists to ride...
...salesmen in attendance, the Soviets were clearly ready for business. That is a departure from their traditional posture at the biennial show, which they have regarded in the past as merely a showcase for their new technology. This year could be different. With the U.S. out of the SST race and having trouble with the Lockheed L-1011 airbus, the Russians may finally be in a position to take advantage of their growing potential in commercial aircraft sales...
...taking firm positions on the air; yet once, faced with a guest who defended U.S. policies in Viet Nam, he ignored the rest of his guests and argued against the war. In his most publicized flap, he succumbed to pressure from ABC and the White House and put an SST proponent on the air unopposed. But with skill, and unconcealed anger, he fenced off his argumentative guest's attempts to turn the program into a full-fledged debate...