Word: maneuverability
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"The less experienced . . . attribute our deft gifts of maneuver to diabolical cunning, masquerading as stupidity. The more experienced realize that . . . our diplomatic tactics [have] been governed by what ... is really an infinite capacity for adjustment to changing proportions of power."
As the French explained it, this oddly timed maneuver was merely a pat on the back for ambitious Gilbert Grandval. Angrily, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer announced that German participation in the European Army would be impossible until the Saar's future is settled. Then he added a trouble-stirring...
Those Characters. "When we go up now," said Jet Ace Colonel Francis Ga-breski, "we spend 59 out of every 60 seconds looking over our shoulders." Nevertheless, last week the fast U.S. jets scored their biggest one-day kill of the war: 13 MIGs destroyed, two probables, one damaged. Only...
Superior Plane. The details were even gloomier. The MIGs have inflicted punishing losses on daylight raids, have forced U.S. bombers to operate almost entirely at night and singly. "In many respects," Vandenberg admitted, "the MIG can out perform our own F-86-the only airplane in production today capable of...
...stunt in 20 years.* Squat, studious-looking Pilot Zurakowski flew with the R.A.F. after escaping from a Nazi prison camp, has three Luftwaffe kills and three probables to his credit. One day about a year ago, at a test-pilot school bull session, the discussion got around to the maneuverability of the Gloster Meteor. "Zura," a test pilot for the Gloster Aircraft Co., said the plane was good enough to do a "Fin Sling," a cartwheel-like stunt he had been thinking about for a long time...