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ATOM-JET ENGINE for nuclear planes has been tested successfully by the Atomic Energy Commission, which powered a laboratory turbojet engine solely on heat generated by experimental reactor. Said AEC: "A significant advance toward the ultimate goal of achieving atomic-powered flight...
SUPERSONIC MISSILE for Navy, Chance-Vought's surface-to-surface turbojet Regulus II, will soon be in production with $26 million order. Designed for subs and cruisers, missile is much faster (estimated speed: 1,000 m.p.h.) than subsonic Regulus...
...from its launching platform at Florida's Patrick Air Force base one day last week swooshed a hot U.S. challenger in the East-West missiles race-the Snark,* a huge (74 ft. long, 7 tons), turbojet-propelled, surface-to-surface guided missile, i.e., a winged pilotless bomber, with speeds up to 600 m.p.h. and intercontinental range (at least 5,000 miles). Radar-checked and ground-controlled, it whizzed southeast down the Caribbean along the 5,000-mile U.S. test range that extends -by agreement with Britain-from Florida to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. Its flight plan...
Orion & Olympus. At Farnborough last week, most of the big companies had some new engines to display. Bristol Aeroplane Co., whose economical Proteus turboprop powers the new Britannia airliner (TIME, Dec. 19), showed off a bigger, 5,000-h.p. Orion version slated for 1959 production and an improved Olympus turbojet engine rated at a whopping 16,000 Ibs. of thrust. De Havilland uncorked a new gadget: a Supersprite rocket engine that weighs only 600 Ibs., yet can produce some 4,000 Ibs. of thrust for 40 sec. to lift heavily laden planes off short runways...
...company was one of the first in turboprops with its Dart engine (1,780 h.p.), which is a main reason for Vickers' spectacular success (total sales: 353 planes) with its Viscount airliner (TIME, Jan. 3, 1955). As for Rolls's pure jet engines, its latest Avon turbojet is rated at better than 10,000 Ibs. of thrust, not only powers a wide range of military craft in Britain, but is also reaching out for civilian markets, will be in de Havilland's redesigned Comet IV jetliner...