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Word: native (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...piloted airplane itself is rapidly heading toward obsolescence as a military weapon; he regards the guided missile as the freshest egg in the basket and believes that North American is its leading mother hen. At the Government's test site at Alamogordo, N. Mex., North American's "NATIV" (North American Test Instrument Vehicle) has soared ten miles high at supersonic speeds. His aerophysics laboratory at Downey, Calif, is ready for actual production of missiles controlled from ground to ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Fresh Eggs | 12/4/1950 | See Source »

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