Word: wars
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...war's end, the British aircraft industry gave up any immediate hope of turning out the best conventional airliners in the world. It left that to the U.S., which in wartime had concentrated on bombers and transports (easily convertible to commercial use) while Britain bore down on fighter production. Instead, the British, who had led the world in developing jet engines, put their brains and money to work on jet transports, which they hoped would some day make current U.S. airliners obsolete...
...start looking for more profitable enterprises abroad. In addition, said Istel, foreign investors face currency difficulties, "run the risk of not being able to repatriate [their] capital," for the chance of profits which are smaller than in the U.S. It was "not surprising" that since the end of the war, private international finance has been almost nonexistent. Said Istel: "The game is not worth the candle...
Home of the Brave. A tight little war film that preaches against anti-Negro prejudice (TIME...
...just come back from Japan where he had had a look at the Japanese army. Did Lieut. Arnold know that the Japs had a bigger air force than the U.S.-ten planes to the U.S.'s total of four? Captain Mitchell was writing a paper for the War College on the future of military aviation, but since he had not yet learned to fly he needed to pump one of the handful of U.S. officers-like Hap Arnold-who had. Thirty-three years and endless air power controversies later, Hap Arnold had fully vindicated Billy Mitchell's impassioned...
...military life spans the whole life of military aviation, and no one now living can speak with more authority about the growth of air power. Global Mission is a big, gabby book, easygoing and easy to read. For any reader trying to assemble the rounded story of World War II, it is one of the very few essential books written so far. For any student of aviation it is a clear must...