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Asked by the Air Force to design an extreme high-altitude research vehicle, Aeronutronic rocketeers concluded that if the vehicle could be lifted above the densest part of the stratosphere before it was fired, they could get the advantages of high-speed starting without the disadvantages of drag and heat. They got in touch with General Mills, Inc., which had developed enormous balloons of polyethylene film, asked if the company could design a balloon that could serve as a launching platform. General Mills could...
...Manager Birdie Tebbetts of the Cincinnati Redlegs, one of the keenest judges of talent in the game (TIME, July 8): "Aaron could win the batting championship for the next five or six years, if he gets to be a well-rounded hitter and learns to hit to right and drag bunt. He's that good...
...even tougher problem: one in three of its 165,000 tankers, atomic cannoneers and plain gravel crunchers should never have been sent overseas in the first place. Reason: they are "eight balls," mentally equivalent to sixth-grade schoolboys, a disciplinary headache to their commanders and a serious drag on their fellow G.I.s...
...peculiar "conical camber" delta wing, partly to the concentrated power of its four great General Electric J79 engines (more than 15,000 lbs. thrust each). Another important factor is the "pod" that can be hung below its fuselage. Almost ideally streamlined, the pod has comparatively little drag, but it can carry a large thermonuclear bomb and fuel for the outgoing leg of a long flight. At the target, the pod can be dropped. In effect, the use of the pod eliminates empty bomb bays and fuel tanks that other bombers must bring home with them at high cost...
...range of the Hustler is secret, but is estimated to be in the order of 5,000 miles. New "exotic" fuels (TIME, April 1) containing high-energy Boron will also lengthen the range. But the Hustler's speed cannot be increased merely by reducing drag or adding to the thrust of its engines. It already flies so fast that the limiting factor on its speed is the amount of friction-generated heat that its metal skin and its three-man crew (pilot, navigator-bombardier and defensive-systems operator) can stand...