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Show ATOMIC PLANE OF FUTURE RUSSIAN STYLE PREDICTING THAT IT won't be long before huge atom-powered airplanes take over the skies, G. I. Pokrovsky, eminent Russian scientist, describes how an atomic plane of the future might look and operate. Drawing in Soviet magazine "Young Engineer" shows pencil-slim fuselage 600 feet long from supersonic needle nose to atom plant in tail. Engine would resemble today's turbo jet with a reactor, instead of burners, and uranium dust as fuel. Passenger compartments are forward, cargo in center. (International Soundphoto) |