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Word: 110s (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Aeroflot has some impressive new models for the job. It has started to fly Tupolev's new four-jet, 500-10-600 m.p.h. TU-110s the 2,700 miles from Moscow to Irkutsk, may put the plane on longer runs to replace the TU-IO4. For ranges up to 3,000 miles, Aeroflot has shown off prototypes of two 400-m.p.h., four-engined turboprops - Ilyushin's 100-passenger IL-18 Moskva and Antonov's 126-passenger Ukraina-that resemble Lockheed's Electra, now being test-flown. Aeroflot's highest hopes for capturing a large chunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Russian Challenge | 1/27/1958 | See Source »

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