Word: 747s
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...when the reservists fly in," said Bob James, who owns a gas station near the end of the runway. As he spoke, KC-135 tanker jets labored off the runway, then banked right toward the nearby Atlantic Ocean. During the day, half a dozen blue-and-white Boeing 747s had shuttled in and out of the base...
American's basic woes go back to 1967 when management, expecting a surge in traffic, decided to load up on jumbo jets. In all, American ordered 16 Boeing 747s and 25 McDonnell Douglas DC-10s. Even when the 1970 recession left lines with empty seats, American continued to take delivery of new aircraft in hopes that a merger with Western Airlines would enable it to fill them up on popular runs to the Southwest sun country and elsewhere. Despite fervid lobbying, the Civil Aeronautics Board last July rejected the merger, and as Spater concedes...
...open fare" situation. Although Pan Am officials remain worried that too much bulk flying may cut into their scheduled-service sales, air officials in Washington are convinced that U.S. carriers stand to profit from the new era. As owner of the world's biggest (30) fleet of 747s, they reason, Pan Am has every chance of profiting the most because it has the most seats to offer to group travelers...
...airport is new and efficient, if small. It was built to handle the growing flow of tourists; formerly, they were U.S. Gls on leave from VietNam, but these days, they are mostly Japanese. The Japanese fly three hours in cramped Boeing 707s-Taipei International Airport can not handle 747s-to escape their crowded, polluted megalopolis for their brief vacations...
...even though Pratt & Whitney has supplied the airlines with new blades made of higher heat-resistant alloys. Pratt & Whitney is now sending to the lines a comprehensive "modification kit" that changes parts of the engine and converts it to the equivalent of the power plant used in the new 747s. These later-model planes have not had an abnormally high rate of blade failure. Trouble is, the company is not turning out the kits as fast as the lines require, and the modification program will not be completed until...