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...Turkey: the $67 million hydro-irrigation-flood control program at the Seyhan...
With no expense but the gun, the sport appeals to every man from brain to brawn. The intellectual relishes in dousing his roommate, then seeing if he can't talk him out of returning fire or beating him up. It's the scientist who tests his latest theory of hydro-dynamics. (Can I squirt this guy full in the face without hurting...
Last week the Navy published the first pictures of the delta-wing seaplane that it has been billing as a revolutionary advance in water-air warfare (TIME, Nov. 24). Built by Convair, the XF2Y-1 Sea Dart taxis, takes off and lands on a hydro-ski (submerged in the picture) that keeps its fuselage well above the surface when it is moving rapidly. As soon as the plane is in the air, the hydro-ski retracts into its belly, giving it the low-drag flight of a land-based jet. Chief advantages of the ski-jet: it is not burdened...
...other experiments, the hydro-ski has been mounted beneath the fuselage of a sleek new fighter with no flotation gear at all. In takeoffs, the fighter moves out from shallow water, its ski sliding along the bottom. As soon as it picks up speed and the ski cuts to the surface, the plane can skim over deep water for its take-off run. Once in the air, the hydro-ski can be retracted. After touching down, the pilot has to taxi fast enough for his plane to stay on the surface until he is close to beach or landing ramp...
...Hydro-ski aircraft, said Floberg, would be handy in many situations for which the U.S. now has no practical plane. They could be based in the protected water of forward areas before airfields are built. In some cases they might do away entirely with the necessity of building an expensive runway on land. They could also be used to protect long-range bombers, landing at sea to refuel from submarines or high-speed surface craft...