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...varying the speed of the engines, and the plane is kept on an even keel by juggling the air jets. When it is clear of obstacles, Pilot Howe gets his nose down and picks up flying speed. Then he swivels the engines so that their thrust is directed backward. This maneuver takes about 15 seconds, and when it is complete, the VTOL is flying horizontally like a normal jet plane...
...pilot," he says, "merely selects the spot where he wants to land. He brings the VTOL to a hovering position-and lands." According to him, the VTOL is as at home in the air as a dragonfly. It can hover indefinitely, its engines blasting downward. It can fly backward and sideways and spin like a waltzing mouse...
From its inception, the Soviet Union has always stressed its industry. It knew that only by increasing its industrial might could it compete with the non-communist powers of the world. Before 1917, Russia was industrially backward by comparison with western nations. But today, the Soviet Union stands as one of the leading heavy industry producers in the world. This change could not have been instituted without extreme pressure being put on all other branches of the economy. It was mainly through a series of five-year plans, begun with a wave of enthusiasm in 1928, that the Russians were...
...Gardner must have been unimpressed, however, for they had, already grabbed their coats and were escorting the author out the door. A Dartmouth student standing nearby had taken out a pen to get the visitor's autography. But before he could say anything, Schulberg and his companions, without a backward glance, had disappeared among the ice statues of Fraternity...
...disciplined," boasts young, demagogic Pierre Poujade. "If I tell these people to take one step forward, they'll take one step forward; one step backward, and they'll take one step backward." For 19 months Poujade has been telling French tradesmen and artisans who are his followers to defy tax collectors and run them out of town (TIME, Jan. 3). Last week he told them to follow him to Paris for a demonstration of strength...