Word: twinned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other company. It now accounts for one-third of all private aircraft produced, although its chief competitors, Cessna and Beech, are ahead in dollar volume. Last year Piper sold $40 million worth of planes, ranging from its two-seat, single-engined Super Cub ($7,880) to its de luxe, twin-engined Aztec ($55,000). Though sales are holding up, Bill Piper expects profits to be down somewhat this year because of spending on research and new models...
...twin, a few blocks away, is being sold for an overpriced...
Within 25 days the runway and buildings were completed. When the job was finished, the U.S. delivered eight surplus B-26 light bombers to the Guatemalan government. Last week five B-26s were at the new strip, along with one C-54 four-engined transport and four C46 twin-engined Curtiss Commandos. The strip will accommodate these ships, but to say that it will handle jets was an overstatement: it is only 6,000 ft. long, marginal for jets in Guatemala's hot weather...
Sikorsky barely beat its chief competitor, Boeing Airplane Co.'s Vertol Division, into the field. Vertol has converted its twin-turbine military helicopter into a civilian version called the Vertol 107, will begin turning out production models early next year. The 107 will seat 26-30 passengers, cruise at 150 m.p.h. New York Airways has already ordered...
...NAVY ATTACK PLANE, the Intruder, will be built by Grumman Aircraft under a $70,100,000 contract. The twin-jet plane is first U S ship to tilt tail pipes downward so jet blast can help lift it off carrier...