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Pilot P. G. Stevens glanced aft at the four passengers in his Buhl Airsedan over Santa Ana, Calif, one day last week, then gave a lever a yank. Instantly steel arms gripped the front pair of passengers. A door alongside each flipped outward. The steel arms swung each passenger, chair & all, to the end of a davit clear of the ship. Automatic trips released the chairs and down they dropped, dragging after them parachutes which had been stowed into the bottom of the fuselage. Three seconds later the pilot yanked again and the other two passengers were swung...
Penny-A-Mile. In Detroit last week landed a Buhl Airsedan, powered by a crude-oil burning Packard Diesel engine. The plane, with three occupants, had flown 12,000 mi. over the western U. S. Total fuel cost, $108.20; average...
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