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Tape time ;___
1/7?
SIL VTR COMING
SIL VTR COMING
SIL VTR COMING
CKs SLO.MO: PLANE
ANDREWS: LIVEThe Marines corps has a new weapons system in it's
ground support units.A versatile jet fighter-bomber
that didn't come from American contractors..but from
Great Britain.The plane is dubbed..the Harrier....TAKE SIL VTi:..........( TAPE TIME
WARD V/and it's dieunique.It's the only operational
jet with vertical take-off and landing capabilities..
and for that reason..can operate from landing strips
as small as those used by helicopters.It's faster than
sound when it levels out..and will carry sidewinder-
missiles..3a-millimeter guns and an assortment of other
armaments.The plane is undergoing tests now at a Navdi
station in Maryland..aand when testing is completed..the
first squadron of the straight-up and straight-down jets
will be assigned to a base in South Carolina.-31
PLANE
SLO..MO
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Plane], script, January 7, 1971, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1268448/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.