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...didn't he say that the Concorde will be first? Engineers from B.A.C.'s partner, Sud-Aviation of France, recently came back from a trip to the Soviet Union with word that Russia's 1,550-m.p.h. TU-144 transport probably will be in the air some time before the Concorde's maiden flight in February...
...faced as they are at being No. 2, the B.A.C.-Sud combine's greater problems are in their own high-flying costs. Though the builders insist that the Concorde will be in service on schedule in May 1971, expensive engine and wing changes have had to be worked into the original design to guarantee a 4,000-mile range with ample fuel reserves, and thus quiet complaints that the plane was too short-legged for reliable, nonstop transatlantic flight. Those modifications, along with a "stretched" cabin which boosts passenger capacity from 118 to a more profitable 136, have helped...
...country to devise alone. Britain and France shared an exhibit of their supersonic Concorde, taking advantage of the lone air-transport realm in which the U.S. lags, pointed proudly to 47 orders already on the books for the still unbuilt plane. The French government seized the occasion to order Sud-Aviation to build 13 more of its twin-jet Caravelles, and France's Nord-Aviation showed off the twin-engined Transall cargo plane that it has developed with five German firms...
...registered voters, the Democrats hold a 1,500,000-vote edge. But Murphy built up an early lead in populous Los Ange'es County, and Pierre's upstate strength proved too little too late. A onetime promoter of right-win'? causes, Campaigner Murphy sud- den y became the soul of moderation- around moderates-yet kept the Goldwaterites happy. Then when Pierre came out against a proposed amendment which, in effect, would repeal most state and local anti-discrimination housing laws, Murphy kept his lip buttoned. The proposition won. Then there was the carpetbag issue...
Memories of a Comet. These are the penalties that the Anglo-French combine must pay for its urge to be first. Though Sud-Aviation began cutting metal for the Concorde in December, the U.S. is still mulling over three designs submitted by Boeing, Lockheed, North American Aviation, is not scheduled to make a choice until at least May. The news of the All, however, proved that the U.S. is ahead in aircraft metallurgy and close to matching the Concorde in other areas. Says one Sud-Aviation engineer: "We realize that the Americans can do in six months what has taken...