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...thin, swept-back wings will grow like opening umbrellas. On their leading edges small "Kreuger flaps" will tilt outward, making the wing effectively thicker and giving it extra lift. Simultaneously, a strange structure will slide out of the wing's trailing edge. Segmented flaps will move backward and downward, deflecting the air stream sharply and adding still more lift. Filling the angle between wing and fuselage, the huge flaps will turn the wing into an almost perfect triangle with 25% more area than it has in high-speed flight and three times its normal lift...
...airplane that hits this invisible turbulence would be slammed upward and downward as if it had flown through a miniature thunderstorm. A light airplane flying through the core itself, says Mc-Gowan, "can experience loading conditions that exceed the design ultimate load factors," i.e., can be torn apart. Although no supersonic airliners are flying yet, McGowan looks forward to their take-off with some trepidation. Their wake will be strong enough to knock the wings off a good-sized commercial airliner...
...year's shortage is the product of meager spring rains, low humidity and high winds that literally sucked the moisture out of fields and for ests. But the crisis has been building a long while. For 30 years the Colorado River's water level has been trending downward because of recurring droughts. Southern California is in its third straight spring of drought, and Nevada is in its fourth. Meanwhile, population, industry and farming have grown faster in the West than elsewhere in the U.S.-all of which has increased the pressure for water...
...reported that it had assumed the proper attitude for firing its three braking retrorockets. They were not necessary for the flight; this time they were fired for practice. Then the retro package was jettisoned. Preparing for descent, Shepard reported that his periscope had retracted. As the capsule plunged downward into the atmosphere, and the Gs of deceleration climbed toward a punishing 10, the astronaut's voice grew gruff as he strained to make his breath behave. Then the capsule slowed; his words were distinct again...
...usually does not record new products until their prices level off, and then possibly rise a bit as a result of increasing public demand. If new products were entered earlier, the argument goes, they would better reflect the eventual drop in prices, tend to pull the whole index average downward. Delaying their listing, say the economists, permits the index to rise artificially...