Paul F. Crickmore
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During the early years of the Cold War, the most effective way to gather strategic intelligence about the Soviet Union and its allies was manned overflight. Lockheed's U-2 was spectacularly successful in this role, however, much to the concern of US President Eisenhower, its shape meant that it could be tracked on Russian radars. Given the highly sensitive nature of such flights, the President insisted that every effort should be made to reduce to zero the U-2's rad... >Voir plus
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The boom operator’s first remarks as the A-12’s fuel tanks began to fill were, “You don’t want to go supersonic with this aircraft, Sir.” The puzzled A-12 pilot enquired why, there being no cockpit indications that supported such a remark and the aircraft seemed to be handling well. “I don’t think you’ll want to go fast, Sir,” the boom operator insisted, “because the left side of your aircraft is missing.”
Johnson recalled he was accused of “...trying to make a 1932 Ford Tri-motor go Mach 3,” but added that “...the concept worked fine.”
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Qui chantait ceci en 1977? On a tous dans le coeur une petite fille oubliée Une jupe plissée, queue de cheval, à la sortie du lycée On a tous dans le cœur un morceau de ferraille usé Un vieux scooter de rêve pour faire le cirque dans le quartier Et la petite fille chantait (et la petite fille chantait) Et la petite fille chantait (et la petite fille chantait) Un truc qui me colle encore au cœur et au corps Everybody's doing a brand-new dance now Come on babe do the locomotion I know you gonna like it if you give it a chance now Come on babe do the locomotion
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