Word: turboprop
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...ponder a serious decision: whether the U.S. ought, in the age of the missile, to speed up a nuclear-powered airplane project, and, if so, what kind of plane, to perform what kind of mission, at what cost, and when. The Navy argued hard for a subsonic nuclear turboprop seaplane for antisubmarine warfare and long-range radar-warning patrol. The Air Force argued not quite so hard for a more advanced supersonic nuclear jet bomber. All believed that the Russians might soon have an atomic plane ready for testing...
...Singapore, where equipment will be stockpiled as at Aden. With landing rights in India ended and those in Ceylon scheduled to go in two years, a new refueling base is under construction at Gan in the Maldive Islands. As the R.A.F.'s Transport Command beefs up with new turboprop Bristol Britannias, Britain's scattered garrisons will be stripped and more men concentrated in Kenya...
FIRST U.S. TURBOPROP, the 410-m.p.h. Lockheed Electra, rolled off production lines a month ahead of schedule in race to beat Boeing's 600-m.p.h. pure jet 707 (TIME, Nov. 11) onto commercial air lanes. Lockheed has 141 firm orders for the $2,000,000 plane, is scheduled to make first delivery to Eastern Air Lines in August...
BRITANNIA CRASH, which killed all 15 of test crew aboard prototype of medium-range model, darkens future of Britain's big commercial turboprop. Cause of disaster is still a mystery, and drawn-out investigation on top of previous production delays (TIME, Sept. 23) is bound to discourage buyers...
CAPITAL AIRLINES, whose British-made Viscounts pioneered turboprop service in the U.S., is in such deep trouble that it has asked CAB to restore subsidy and shuck off some money-losing short runs. Capital, basically a line of short routes with high operating costs, expects to lose $2.5 million this year, $7.5 million next year. CAB is likely to refuse subsidy plea, but may let line drop some routes...