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...drove along as fast as we could. I looked up at a building and there already was a flag at half-mast. I think that is when the enormity of what had happened first struck me." Of the wait in the cabin of Air Force One before the takeoff for Washington, Lady Bird recalled: "It's odd at a time like that the little things that come to your mind, and a moment of deep compassion you have for people who are really not at the center of the tragedy. I heard a Secret Service...
...using flaps that are twice normal size and by turning them almost 90° for takeoff or landing, the Charger gets what amounts to superlift. More lift is provided by the large (9 ft. in diameter) counterrotating propellers that force air back against the flaps...
...flight was led by Lieut. Robert Mayer, 40, of Yardville, N.J. Before takeoff, Mayer said, "No fears. I'll just be talking to the Man upstairs and let him guide me." Hurriedly, sea men at the Christchurch base dumped mail onto the plane for the isolated Americans, who hadn't seen a letter for five months. Messages from McMurdo urged, "Heavy on the eggs," but extra fuel, and a shipment of unrequested apples and mixed fruit pressed on the lads by the Salvation Army, left no room for that request. Flying south from Christchurch, Mayer...
...TILT WING: Rolled out last week by Ling-Tempco-Vought, Inc. of Dallas, the XC-142A transport has four turbo-prop engines and a wing that can be tilted for takeoff so that its four 15.6-ft. propellers point upward. When they all are pulling together, the props should generate enough direct lift to raise the plane vertically. When safely above obstacles, the pilot will gradually tilt the wing into normal flying position. The plane has yet to be flown, but its designers admit that it is no speedster. It will cruise at less than 300 m.p.h., and its operating...
...stubby wings. The Bell X-22A has four tiltable propellers in circular ducts. Neither plane has yet completed successful tests, but two years ago the British were already flying the Hawker Siddeley P-1127, which has a single jet engine with 13,500 lbs. of thrust. During takeoff, the engine's exhaust gases are diverted downward, exerting enough thrust to lift the airplane off the ground. At cruise altitude, the exhaust is switched to the rear and the plane flies in normal jet-plane style. The P-1127 has done everything claimed for it, but its payload is small...