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...knowledge of today's engineering graduate will be obsolete in a decade, and half of what he will need to know then has not yet been discovered. "If you're not studying all the time," says J. M. Shelton, production foreman at aerospace-minded Ling-Temco-Vought in Dallas, "you're going to wake up without a job." Matching the pace of onrushing technology is a matter of business survival - and the reason that company-financed schooling is the fastest-growing form of adult education...
...things back at headquarters with flurries of long-distance telephone calls, most men-flattered at being chosen-drop everything to take the course, and leave their business worries to subordinates. "It really shows whether you've done a good job of delegating," observes Ling-Temco-Vought's John H. Boucher, "and it puts your No. 2 man on the firing line for a while...
...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...
...Causey, 35, a former Air Force pilot who holds a master's degree in education and now works as an electronics analyst for defense contractor Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc. An enthusiastic hunter and fisherman, red-haired Causey was the first juror accepted by both sides, presently seems to be the jury's leader...
WHEN the Navy in 1960 canceled a $450 million contract for Corvus Air-to-Ground missiles, Prime Contractor James J. Ling pondered his loss for a few minutes, then said, "Well, let's get back to work." Last week Ling's Dallas-based Ling-Temco-Vought was picked to design and build a Navy light attack plane under a contract that may total $2 billion. "Well," said Chairman Ling again, "let's get back to work." Single-mindedness, along with a seasoned chess player's ability to plot moves and perceive alternatives, has brought Ling...