Show iu U. U S. S Scientists Test Aircraft Models at cit e I WALLOPS ISLAND v Va May lay I 18 IR Ml On Ai-On On this isolated Atlantic coast island aeronautical scientists scientists are sending weird looking aircraft models 30 miles into the theair theair their air ir at speeds of more than miles an hour I What these technicians of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics N NAG A C A learn from these studies in the realm of the science of ultra high speed flight can ran determine whether the United Stales Slates or Russia Hussi l holds mastery of the air in the years ahead And it can decide the winner winne in the crucial race for true lon range long range guided missiles From these models and others probably will come in the next half decade a whole new family of warplanes which will make today's fleet jet fighters and amI bombers seem eem old and cumber so some inc S Secure Information tion I The hc actual il piloted t tactical planes to tn come five years hence may my not fly at 1000 miles an hour although they may roam the high altitudes of 30 miles up These are arc scale models only models only five or six feet long long from from which the theN N A C A experts create a reservoir reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir of fundamental basic information information information in in- formation needed by hy the men who actually design and build airplanes But out of the first firt l demonstration demonstration demonstration demon demon- to newsmen of the research research research re re- re- re search work going on at this carefully guarded spot comes a hint of what tomorrows tomorrow's aircraft may my look like lile 1 Wings that are thin razor for Cor knifing into the air at t speeds at al or above bove that lIlt of sound miles an rIB hour at sea level Triangular Win Wings s 2 Fighter aircraft with trian trin- formed gular-formed gular wings instead of or the back swept wings of today's Ii fight fight- ht- ht ers Bombers with swept back but hut far thinner wings 3 Needlelike fuselage to match the thin wing 4 Guided missiles driven by amazingly efficient ramjet ram engines engines engines en en- gines which operate best at speeds well above 1000 miles an n hour hour the the speeds needed for missiles I How fast can man fly I Well said Robert R. R Gilruth chief of the Wallops Island project project he can fly as fast filst as an In aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft can go subject go subject to two factors factors fac filc- tors tors' 1 The rate at al which he attains I q that thai speed or drops do I it acceleration it-acceleration acceleration ad decele I The human body cant can't st sti rapid changes 2 2 Heat generated fro sd passage through the airi airl p It Ulf plane in which the man is is' is I t 1 |