The separation of the flow over wings precipitated by the compression shock that forms as speeds are increased into the supercritical Mach number range has imposed serious difficulties in the improvement of aircraft performance. These difficulties arise principally as a consequence of the rapid drag rise and the loss of lift that causes serious stability changes when the wing shock-stalls.

This is the only piece in which the author has given a hint of his religion, by ridiculing the ceremony of burning the pope, and by mentioning with some indignation the inscription […]

I am a bad old she-bitch, am I? […] And what about how you are a he-bitch?

One frequently hears the remark: “I’d like to get out of New York,” but those who do move away invariably become disgruntled and unhappy. They long for the things New York has which are peculiarly New Yorkian — things that are difficult to put a finger on, like the lights, the gayety, the bustle, the noise, even the city’s smell.