Advanced rocket launch sheath and new rail car tech
Lockheed engineers claim a plastic liquid sheath enables lighter gun launch of rockets with solid-fuel propulsion, potentially doubling artillery velocity. patents granted to John W. Jones. Also described are chemical parametric pumping for desalination and separation, Sonicar brake echoes for rail cars, and lettuce-derived cigarettes under development by a Florida group.
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Stacy V. Jones
New York Times News Service
Washington
Lockheed Engineers
John W. Jones
Lockheed Propulsion Co
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Jones
Robert G. Carroll
West Palm Beach
Andrea Yates To Represent Austin High
Austin High School junior Andrea Yates is chosen to represent her school at the 1968 NASA NSTA Youth Science Congress in Huntsville in March 2022. She will present a report on her biology project “Malities Induced by Hormonal Imbalance” after winning first in the senior girls division at the Austin High science fair.
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Austin High School
Andrea Yates
Huntsville
Austin
Pilot retirements rise among oldest fliers nationwide
The Federal Aviation Administration reports 17,362 pilots are 60 years old or over, about 3 percent of all pilots. This latest count highlights the share of seasoned aviators still active in the U.S. flying workforce.
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Federal Aviation Administration
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Richard H. Wilhelm
Department of Chemical Engineering
Princeton University
Wilhelm
Cate
American Bosch Arma Corp
James J. da Rold
Rudolph F. Trevisin
Arma
Florida
Decatur
Gilmer Blackburn
Center
Richard D. Williams
Gresham
Williams
Johnson
Cecil Chandler
Decatur Iron & Steel Co
Bob Bates
Shell
Triangle ‘Chemical CO
Lower Elm St
Macon
Georgia
Blythe Cotton CO
Paul C. Davis
Madison
Stuttgart
Germany
Carl Zeiss
Oberkochen
Zeiss Ikon
Austin High
Science Teachers Association
Limestone County
Arabus Ae
Concord
Tagara
Fredonia
ANEO
America
South
Scott’s
Cullman
Sears
Lynn
Sears, Roebuck and CO
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