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...They gave directions." The sect's leader seemed like "a kind fellow," wrote the patrol captain, until "one suddenly remembered a sequence in a documentary film about the atrocious doings of the sectarians. This same face was thrust back, gazing aloft, his hands supplicating God. trembling in ecstasy, and by his mad praying infecting dozens of ignorant folk. The man in front of us was not just someone who was sincerely misled. In front of us was the enemy...
...single combustion chamber in White's X-15 was rated at 57,000 Ibs. of thrust-as against a total of 16.000 Ibs. for the four chambers of earlier X-15s engines. For a few seconds it generated 70% of its rated thrust, and White thrilled to its surge. Then he throttled back to a more prudent 50% and put the X-15 into a 30° climb. When he reached level flight at 75,000 ft., the X-15 spurted ahead. White slipped it sideways and wiggled its rudder to test control-and the strange airplane responded precisely...
...schedule. The new plane will also benefit those living near airports: it takes off and climbs so quickly that it will pass over neighboring communities at higher altitudes, markedly reducing the noise. Since it does not need to mix water with fuel for added thrust, no black smoke spews out of its engines on takeoff...
...Astrojet gets its pep from a new engine: the Pratt & Whitney turbofan, which develops 17,000 Ibs. thrust. Basically, the turbofan sucks in a larger mass of air than regular jet engines to produce greater thrust with less fuel. A fan, set just inside the air intake (see diagram), pulls in the air. then blasts about 60% of it out through openings on the side of the jet pod to provide just under 50% of the engine's total thrust. The rest of the air is directed into the engine's burning chamber. The engine produces 20% more...
...description. Not beautiful but with almost translucent brown skin, high cheekbones, and compelling eyes set in charcoal shadows, she has a memorable face; her figure-broad-hipped yet lithe, strong yet feminine, medium tall yet commanding-animates any costume she wears, and she can whip a train or thrust a sleeve with regal authority...