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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated November 16, 1963 reads, "Space age metal alloys which may be used for supersonic transports are being welded miles above the earth while the operator remains on the ground. Lockheed-California Co. officials said today in Burbank." A Lockheed operator welds in "space" in new vacuum chamber - Chamber can produce a near-airlessness same as 40 miles above earth.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Lockheed-California Company Welding--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County) Aerodynamics, Supersonic Space simulators Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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