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Under Charlie Wilson's prodding, contracts were now rolling out faster from the Pentagon: G.M. got the job of building Republic's Thunderjet fighter planes; tank orders went out to Chrysler, G.M. and American Locomotive; Kaiser-Frazer got the job of making Fairchild's Cng troop-carrier planes at Willow Run. But it would be months before the companies got into actual production. And the great majority of businessmen who had no war orders and didn't know how long they would be able to make civilian goods could only plan their 1951 production and sales...
...fastest fighter on view in the 1947 displays was (Jane's thinks) the YAK-17, a single-jet plane which looks something like Republic's Thunderjet. Probable maximum speed of the YAK-17: around 650 m.p.h. Jane's also reports a "research" plane of German design with a maximum speed of nearly 685 m.p.h. This is probably the plane which the Russians claim has passed the sonic barrier...
...Force chose the Thunderjet. After looking long & hard at all the new models, the airmen decided that the standard U.S. fighter plane for 1948 would be Republic's P-84. Surnamed the Thunderjet, the P84 is probably the world's fastest fighter in tactical service.* Combat-loaded, the Thunderjet's speed is more than 600 m.p.h. Its sound in flight is an ear-cracking whoosh...
...fighter, proved for combat, was heralded by the United States Air Force yesterday. Having solved the problem of heavy fire power from aircraft flying at speeds approaching that of sound, the P-84 Thunderjet is "Now fully qualified for operational service...