Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...though designed as a practical military airplane rather than a souped-up racing job, is a refinement of Lockheed's P-80 (Shooting Star). It has a thinner, broader wing, a smaller canopy than the original model. Its Allison 400 turbojet engine develops a take-off thrust of 4,600 Ibs. Half of this tremendous power is soaked up in attaining the last 70 m.p.h...
...Oosten hopes that this cycle can be interrupted somehow. One scheme: electrically charged barriers across the mouths of streams where lampreys spawn. This scheme may keep the eggs from hatching properly. Another plan: to shock the buried larvae by electrodes thrust into their mud beds. Dr. Van Oosten (and Lake fishermen) hope that Congress will not economize on a $20,000 appropriation promised for these experiments...
Coming Home. With responsibility thrust upon them, a number of names of growing importance emerged from the G.O.P. Among them were Colorado's Eugene Millikin, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee; New York's Ives and Connecticut's Raymond Baldwin, who had also forced the hierarchy into paying attention to freshmen. One man who continued to grow in political stature was Arthur Vandenberg. One man who had learned something was the Senate's boss in domestic matters, Bob Taft. He had learned that warm human beings are not as easy to manipulate as cold figures...
...that helicopters are hard to fly. They have the basic advantage of being able to rise and descend vertically, avoiding the high-speed take-offs and landings which are the cause of many airplane accidents. But they have special hazards and problems of their own. There are four factors (thrust, weight, drag and lift) which must be kept in proper balance. A helicopter has two sticks controlling the main rotor. There are also the throttle and rudder pedals. All these must be managed with perfect coordination. A helicopter cannot be stalled like an airplane, but if the power...
...fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded - with what caution - with what foresight - with what dissimulation I went to work . . . Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust...