New Supersonic Wind Tunnel Tests Jet Engines at 1500 MPH
The Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory unveils the world’s fastest wind tunnel, a six by eight foot test section built by NACA. Costing nearly seven million dollars and three years of work, it uses a 100 000 horsepower electric motor system to push air to 1500 mph for jet engine research under simulated flight.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fiew
Lewis Flight Ision Laboratory
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NACA
General Electric
Cat Scratches Up Cash From Myron Family Home
New York report says $2,200 in bills found in radiators after a cat chased by four Myron children resulted in a dispute over ownership. Police Property Clerk Frank Leuci will turn the money to Dr. Chester Myron of Jackson Heights, Queens, as ownership remains unsettled.
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New York
Myron
Chester Myron
Jackson Heights
Queens
Frank Leuci
Leuci
Fraley Field: High Point Aviation Dream Becomes Regional Hub
Ten Civil Air Patrol pilots from High Point helped start a private airstrip that became Fraley Field. From January 4, 1944 six planes began flying, later expanding to 21 airplanes by 1948 and a 1900 foot runway. Fraley Field produced many solo pilots and helped open seven more airports. The piece notes aviation history and names Bill Fraley as the first casualty remembered by the field.
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High Point
Civil Air Patrol
Army Air Corps
Coastal Patrol
North Carolina
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Fraley Field
Greensboro High Point
Bill Fraley
W. J. Fraley
Atom scientist Dr Karl Morgan to speak in Thomasville church
Dr Karl Z Morgan, Oak Ridge atomic scientist, will address a Memorial Methodist Church gathering in Thomasville at 7 30 p m tomorrow on how science relates to religion. The event, led by Rev Wilson Q Weldon, includes other local churches and highlights Morgan’s nuclear science work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Thomasville
Mov
Karl Z. Morgan
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Memorial Methodist
Wilson
Weldon
Morgan
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Arthur Kirkman
High Point
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