Word: interceptor
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...Greene hastened away to catch a train for Ottawa, where he was scheduled to tell the American Association for the Advancement of Science (see p. 20) about his new pain interceptor...
...Swinton was dropped as Air Secretary month ago-that he will erect a huge airframe plant on the outskirts of Birmingham, designed for mass production of 5,000 planes a year. The factory, expected to be in operation in six months, will turn out Britain's newly developed "interceptor fighters," which will be fitted with Rolls-Royce motors. Running at its capacity of 100 machines a week, this plant alone should equal Germany's estimated yearly output of 5,000 first-line fighting planes...
...Professor Piccard's rarefied kingdom. In a specially lightened Bull Pup plane powered with a 550-h. p. Pegasus motor. Chief Test Pilot Cyril Unwins of Britain's Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., soared 45,000 ft.- more than eight miles above the Severn Valley. Classified as an "interceptor" in the Royal Air Force, the British fighting pursuit plane, equipped for service, has a ceiling of 28,000 ft. Pilot Unwins had to wait until his barograph was recalibrated to the barometric pressure prevailing that day before his record would be official. Present plane altitude record...
...them do-appreciate TIME'S loyalty to facts in air reporting. The latest instance, and the one inducing this letter, was your item regarding Royal Air Force fatalities. The observation that Britain's frequent accidents are attributable to fear of bombing raids and the resultant development of "interceptor" fighters of high performance and low safety factor, is not only accurate but informative. It indicates, as have other items of the past that TIME given effects, seeks causes. The aircraft industry appreciates such discriminate reporting...
...Donegall made no reference to the need for 'chutes, viz: the frequency of crashes. One theory lies in Britain's peculiar problem of aerial defense. More than any other form of aggression Britain fears a bombing attack from the Continent. Hence she has concentrated upon development of "interceptor" planes, some of which can reach an altitude of 25,000 feet in 17 minutes. Such speed and high rate of climb can be built into a plane only at some expense of safety factor. And diminishing the safety factor may accentuate the daredevil attitude in personnel...