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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1955: Abominable Snowman
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International Herald Tribune
06-24-2005
LONDON: The Air Ministry announced today that British explorers in the Himalayas have found tracks of a two-legged, five-toed creature with feet 12 inches long and a weight so great the footprints sank 11 inches in snow that a man's foot compressed only one inch. Discovery of the trail of such a creature gave one of the biggest official blessings yet bestowed on the legend that an ''abominable snowman'' or some credible va...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1929: Non-Stop To India
International Herald Tribune
; International Herald Tribune 04-27-2004 LONDON: Accomplishing the first non-stop flight from England to India, the Royal Air Force monoplane Fairley, piloted by Squadron Leader Jones-Williams and Flight Lieutenant N. W. Jenkins, today landed at Karachi after 50 hours and 38 minutes of continuous
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1950: Hail of Ice
International Herald Tribune
; International Herald Tribune 12-01-2000 LONDON The British Air Ministry said today [Nov. 30] it is baffled by strange ice blocks which have fallen on southern England in the past three weeks. Weather experts have definitely ruled out freak hail as an explanation. One ice chunk, roughly six inches
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The price of air power: Technological change, industrial policy, and military aircraft contracts in the era of British rearmament, 1935-39
Business History Review
; During the Second World War leading belligerents such as Britain, the United States, and Germany, favored the use of fixed-price contracts for purchasing military aircraft. These contracts were believed to encourage economical and efficient production. Yet only Britain succeeded in developing
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The great airship race
Ideas on Liberty
; History Today as we face the consequences of de facto socialism in much of our transportation, it is poignant to think that we might have avoided our problems if the results of an experiment in the 1920s had been heeded. That experiment, perhaps the most dramatic head-to-head competition between
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Airborne Ministry Carries Uplifting Hopes; Volunteers Fly Critically Ill Patients to Distant Medical Aid
The Washington Post
; Early in May, 4-month-old Andrew Meyer flew from Texas to Baltimore on a wing and a prayer, in a Cessna 421C that carried a plaque dedicating it to "the Lord's service." Andrew was a baby who was expected to die. The Arlington, Tex., infant landed at Baltimore-Washington International Airport,
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Inside and Outside the Box: Individual Creativity versus Military Orthodoxy
RUSI Journal
; ... instrument of research. Using a telescope of his own design, he discovered the satellites of Jupiter, and was the first man to publish maps of our moon. His consequent book, The Starry Messenger, was a sensation across Europe, and made his international reputation ...
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THE SPITFIRE LEGEND.
History Today
; ... major re-armament programme, including the creation of a powerful air force of modern, all-metal monoplanes -- the Luftwaffe. As news of these developments reached the British aircraft industry, there was mounting concern that the RAF could find itself outclassed ...
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COMING NEXT WEEK
International Herald Tribune
; ... readers around the world an enhanced business news report in a new partnership with Reuters, the global news agency. Our new Business Asia with Reuters ... to IHT.com/biz for breaking world business news and must-read business stories and columnists ...
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Coming Monday
International Herald Tribune
; ... International Herald Tribune Edition: 4 Section: NEWS Beginning Monday, the International Herald ... readers around the world an enhanced business news report in a new partnership with Reuters, the global news agency. Our new Business With Reuters report ...
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International Herald Tribune teams with Reuters on financial news
International Herald Tribune
; ... Tribune teams with Reuters on financial news Byline: Doreen Carvajal The New York Times ... next month by forging an alliance with the news agency Reuters. The daily business section ... renamed Business with Reuters - will publish news from both organizations. The project could ...
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