Word: thors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Named for the three-tongued bolt of lightning that sparked from Thor's hammer, the Viggen was designed by Saab (for Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget). Saab currently reaps half its $136 million annual sales from autos, trucks and tractors, but it is also the Continent's biggest privately owned aircraft manufacturer...
...peak of its flight, the observatory will received and analyze date from the ultra-violet spectroscope which will be placed on board. If the Harvard instrument proves operational under flight conditions, it will become part of a satellite called the "Orbiting Solar Observatory II" (OSO II). A Thor-Delta rocket combination will launch OSO II in the summer...
Further fascinating pages from the au thor's already fat but never fatuous note book of English upper-class doings be tween the wars...
...plus several Tactical Air Command (TAC) bases. The SAC planes are B-47s with a range of 4,000 miles; 7,200-mile B-52s are sometimes deployed overseas temporarily, but most B-52s are based within the U.S. The U.S. missile force in Britain consists of some 60 Thor IRBMs under dual U.S.- British control. The U.S. has notified Britain that the missiles will be withdrawn next year. At Holy Loch, in Scotland, the Navy has its only foreign Polaris station...
...Anselmo, Calif., Festival Theater: Christopher Fry's early, little known but charming play about pagan Britain, Thor, with Angels...