wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (04/17/85)
Here are some titles/first lines/ads from Aviation Week and Space Technology issues during April, 1960. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mercury pilots to get F-106s for proficiency flying. Air Force decides not to construct hardened combat operations center near Colorado Springs, for NORAD. (yup... it says, "not") Smaller version of Minuteman, called Midgetman, with less range and payload, proposed for NATO <From Space Technology Section>: Nuclear-electric systems forseen as predominant propulsion and secondary power source in 1965-1970 era New FAA speed limits on Electra force airline schedule changes <AD>: "Reliable-Versatile-Economical- The Fairchild F-27" (them Fokkers wuz fairchilds...) <AD>: "Now- LORAN for corporate aircraft: Edo LORAN" <Pilot report>: DC-8 Handles Well Through All Regimes <AD>: "Here's why the largest airlines use SYLVANIA GOLD BRAND TUBES" Infrared Scanner has ICBM Defense Applications <Filter center>: Solid circuits, semiconductors which perform complete circuit functions, are offered by Texas Instruments, Inc. Nearly a dozen types of circuits have been produced... full adder, reportedly costing $18000, was made for American Bosch Arma Corp. YAK 18P Single Place Sport Plane Performance Detailed by Soviets Three-D Gyro Horizon Developed (A little airplane in a case... I kid you not!) Boeing Aircraft Company studying possible methods of deploying Minuteman at sea <AD>: "Use the only voltmeter with five-digit accuracy" Non-linear Systems, Inc. Nasa TIROS 1 Demonstrates Potential for Satellite Reconassaince Anti-ICBM Ray Research American (airlines) Schedules Turbofan Refits Krushchev says USSR will buy Caravelles if France buys TU-104s <AD>: "Cessna CH-1C (helicopter): High altitude problem solved by Cessna" <AD>: "New Gilfillian 'talking radar' takes guesswork out of jet landing guidance" Smaller Transistors will be Introduced this Year USAF Leases Nuclear Blast Alarm System (ground mounted detection system!) Saab J-35A Draken joins in Swedish Defense Exercise Soviet MIL-4 Helicopter to undergo complete flight evaluation at Edwards <AD>: "Breaking a Space Traffic Jam" American Bosch Arma Useful Nuclear Plane may not Fly Before 1970 <AD>: "Fly the Gateway Route to the Heart of Historic Africa- Ethiopian Airlines... the Wonderland Route" La Guardia Jet Future Uncertain Curtiss-Wright Proposes Business VTOL Rotor-Recovery Proposed for Saturn Space Boosters Converted B-17 Transports Tropical Fish Ranger Lunar Impact Planned for 61-62 Soviet Space Weapons Predicted to Reinforce Ballistic Missiles Manned Orbital Laboratory Proposed (Hope y'all enjoyed that...) Ron Wanttaja (ssc-vax!wanttaja) "Oh, there are no fighter pilots down in Hell, Yes, there are no fighter pilots down in Hell, The place is full of queers, navigators, bombardiers, But there are no fighter pilots down in Hell..."
dsmith@hplabsc.UUCP (David Smith) (04/22/85)
> <AD>: "Reliable-Versatile-Economical- The Fairchild F-27" (them Fokkers > wuz fairchilds...) Rather, them Fairchilds wuz Fokkers.
wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (04/23/85)
> > > <AD>: "Reliable-Versatile-Economical- The Fairchild F-27" (them Fokkers > > wuz fairchilds...) > > Rather, them Fairchilds wuz Fokkers. Yep, I know the geneology of the F-27, but was reminded of a (possibly apocryphal) story supposedly from the "Tonight Show." An old fighter pilot was on, telling war stories liberally interspersed with lines like, "Those Fokkers jumped us," or "I shot up one Fokker." The crowd tittered everytime he said "Fokker". For those who never checked, "Fokker" is pronounced "Fawker", not "Fohker". Anyway, Carson supposedly held up his hand at one point and said, "Wait a minute, folks, a 'Fokker' is a type of German plane." To which the old fighter jock replied, "Hell no, son, them Fokkers wuz Messerschmidts!" Ron Wanttaja (ssc-vax!wanttaja) "Well, I was screaming down the Yalu, doin' Six and Twenty four, when a call came from the Major, he said "Won't you help me sir, I got three flak holes in my wingtip and my tanks ain't got no gas- MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, I got six MIGs on my a**!" Say halleluia, halleluia, throw a nickel on the grass, save a fighter pilot's ...."