Word: cushions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...shore, though, the scene was less a picture of the future than a promise of a new and better landing craft for today's troubles. The Bell Aerosystem's Hydro-skimmer was built for the Navy, but it is only one of a score of air-cushion vehicles now being developed for military and commercial usage by such old-hand defense contractors as Republic Aviation, Grumman Aircraft, General Dynamics and Martin-Marietta...
...aluminum Hydroskimmer moves on a thin cushion of air; it gets its lift from the powerful blast of the four turbine-driven fans in the ship's hull. Once the skimmer is balanced on its air cushion, the two propellers in the stern roar into action. Starting from a spot 25 miles off the Erie beach, the Hydro-skimmer landed its marines in less than 30 minutes, traversed the last 600 yds. in less than 40 sec., minimizing exposure to potential enemy fire, maximizing the element of surprise. In addition, the marines were landed on the beach itself instead...
...some of these same bugs have already been worked out of smaller air-cushion vehicles, such as the 40-ft. British-made Hovercraft that Bell was demonstrating last week for oil company executives in Galveston Bay. Wearing a rubber skirt around its waist to prevent leakage of the air cushion and to ward off obstacles, this vehicle even cleared a 4½-ft. fence to show off its agility. In what may be the first military use of an air-cushion vehicle, the British plan to send a pair of armed Hovercraft to Borneo late this month for use against...
With New College at last a reality, President Baughman is floating along on a cushion of enthusiastic adjectives: "Marvelous, exciting, superb, inspiring." And besides, he says, "the acoustic qualities of carpeting bring a whole new dignity to the educational effort...
...housing starts, job layoffs, business failures, new orders of durable goods, construction contracts and stock prices. But these indicators proved wrong in 1962, leading economists into a false recession scare. Often, such warning signals also come too late for the Government and businessmen to have a chance to cushion the fall, or perhaps avert it entirely. Figures on industrial production and personal income, for example, only confirm what has already happened...