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...Queensland, Tasmania and New Zealand, as well as in Toronto and Chicago, and the Campaigners hope to tackle Asia next. The O.A.C. is designed as a task force to hit all evangelical targets-factories, parks, lunch counters and busy streets. This year the group will tie up with Aerial Missions, an offshoot of the U.S. Missionary Aviation Fellowship, to reach the big cattle and sheep stations in Central Australia. Says Director Werry: "The men who preach in the churches really need us who preach under...
...hand to take the cover picture at Andrews Air Force Base was Washington Bureau Staff Photographer Walter Bennett, a World War II aerial photographer-gunner who flew on 16 missions over France with the Ninth Air Force. While Bennett made many pictures at the base, none was just right for the cover, because the two pilots were awash in a sea of welcomers. Bennett then trailed the flyers to their VIP residence at Andrews' Essex House, was the only cameraman to get an exclusive photo session...
...over the world were taken as part of the job. He developed a veteran's pride as he passed the word to the swaggering newcomers who joined him on the job, the pistol-packing service pilots who had been rushed through Army flight schools. "These were the brave aerial children who would soon go down in flame and history as the Eighth Air Force. Later, when we brought them back, the accoutrements were gone. They wore medals instead, and all the innocence was gone from their eyes." He learned the subtle variations of the air, how "the jungle skies...
MARTIN'S LAST PLANE, a flying boat, was delivered to Navy. The nation's oldest planemaker, which pioneered amphibians, aerial bombing and transocean airliners (the China Clipper), started shifting to missiles eight years ago, is now nation's largest missilemaker...
...have also lowered costs by accepting new building methods. Texas gives a contractor a choice of materials to use on a job so that he can pick the cheapest, e.g. steel or prestressed concrete on bridges. Michigan and other states save time and money by making their surveys by aerial photography. Oklahoma has found that building roads across open country rather than following old high ways has cut land-buying costs...