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...largest maker of commercial planes (recently wrested from Los Angeles' Douglas Aircraft), but also gained dramatically in its race to catch up with Douglas and British Aircraft Corp. in sales of short-range jets. United will acquire 130 Boeing planes in all: 70 twin-jet short-range 737s, 30 medium-range tri-jet 727s and 30 "quick-change" 727s with interiors that can be converted from passenger to cargo fittings in 20 minutes. The new 727s will enable the airline to squeeze an anticipated 31 hours more of daily use from each plane by converting it to haul freight...
...sleek BAC OneEleven, of which it has sold 77, including 55 to U.S. lines. But the competition is overtaking the BAC One-Eleven. Douglas has sold 116 comparable DC-9s, including two last week to Australia's Ansett Airways. While Boeing has sold only 21 of its 737s, all were to West Germany's Lufthansa-an order that British Aircraft counted heavily on getting...