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What spurred them all was "Connie's" proved performance-a much-improved performance over any existing airliner's. Connie will fly 43 passengers from New York to London at 300 miles an hour in 13 hours, faster than any other transport now in production; airlines which didn't have Constellations feared that travelers would ride on airlines which did. Lockheed's sleek new beauties had quietly started a postwar revolution in air travel...
...same way, Bob Gross took on the job of building the Constellation. Howard Hughes and T.W.A. President Jack Frye wanted a transport plane which would fly farther, faster and carry a bigger load than anything in the air. When Consolidated Aircraft turned down the job, Lockheed accepted it. Then the Army ordered Lockheed to build it for the Air Forces; T.W.A. would have to wait. Thus, when the Army canceled its contracts after V-J day, Lockheed had the plane ready for the airlines...
...spoke Lieut. Colonel Henry T. Myers of the Air Transport Command, pilot of the Sacred Cow and final judge of when she can venture out. Pointing out that the presidential C-54 has greater power, range and operating ceiling than ordinary commercial airliners, Colonel Myers said the flight was "routine," that he was amazed at the adverse comment. But the critics, knowing that some pilots would gladly try flying the Hump in a blizzard just for the hell of it, were not silenced...
...Reservoir. Indonesia was an embarrassment to Britain in her own Asiatic sphere. If Premier Sjahrir's Government were recognized, repercussions would be felt in India, Burma, Malaya. On the other hand, so long as Indonesia remained unsettled, other pressing imperial problems-dangerous rice shortages, a crippling lack of transport, labor unrest-would be sharpened...
...first commercial transport which Convair has sold, is still in the design stage, will not be ready for delivery until 1947. It will be a short-haul, 40-passenger plane in the 300-mile-an-hour class. Unusual features: specially designed engine exhaust stacks which will provide jet assistance; passenger entrance near the nose through a door with a built-in ramp. With the 240, American Airlines hopes to make a "good approach" to 3?-a-mile air service...