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...TriStar's engine. Rolls-Royce's pioneering use of "Hyfil"carbon fibers laminated with resinfor fan blades produced an engine that was lighter and more economical on fuel. But the Hyfil blades were vulnerable to damage by birds drawn into an engine during takeoff or flight. A 4-lb. bird makes an impact equivalent to two tons on a spinning turbine. Engineers are working to strengthen Hyfil, but Rolls-Royce has switched to titanium blades like those used in American engines...
...working carriers could be eliminated. He proposes making the remaining flattops serve a dual role, carrying antisubmarine aircraft as well as jet fighters. Rather than keeping aging ships afloat, Zumwalt prefers to put money into the development of new forces, including more nuclear-powered ships, hydrofoils and vertical takeoff aircraft. He is especially interested in all aspects of electronic warfare and surveillance, contending that if there is a World War III, the relative mastery of electronics will determine the outcome...
...Require: 1) fingerprinted cards that would be verified at checkin; 2) complete inspection of freight, baggage and aircraft, search of all passengers at checkin, and rigid quarantine of all cleared passengers until takeoff; 3) airlines to be deprived of all interline privileges in order to prevent hijackers from joining a cleared flight by connection. Passengers who wish may fly "risk airline" and take their chances...
...that were planned simply to top the competition. A number of the routes that the line flew during the piston-plane days will be picked up by smaller local carriers. Still other lines have indicated that they are willing to do the same now that Browne has given them takeoff clearance. There remains the problem of satisfying the Justice Department's eager trustbusters. They recently protested an agreement by three big carriers to cut schedules and reduce capacity on the New York-Los Angeles...
...usual, the parodies of other publications are the strongest pieces. The best one is that of the CRIMSON's own Confi Guide. Unfortunately, this one was cribbed almost word-for-word (and sketch-for-sketch) from a Poon of several years ago. But the University Gazette takeoff is marvelous; it captures that publication's "optimistic and resolute" hear-no-evil-see-no-evil-speak-no-evil tone as the world collapses around it. An imaginative Harvard Register parody attempts to portray the Dean of Freshmen as an old-fashioned aristocrat. Their Courses of Instruction is weak, not even as funny...