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Transport and personal planes, it had been hoped, would keep the industry going. But personal planes, by & large, had flopped. Last week, Republic Aviation Corp. discontinued its Seabee amphibian after losing $811 million on 1,060 of them. North American had lost $8 million on the Navion personal plane...
Coelophysis emerged from the slime of the Paleozoic Age 200 million years ago, an early step in the transition of life from amphibian to reptilian form. He roamed across North America, from New Mexico to New England. He had large, powerful legs, which carried him around swiftly, and powerful forepaws, well-equipped with claws. He was a ferocious carnivore. Eventually-about 60 million years ago-coelophysis, like all of his fearsome family, disappeared...
George H. Earle, who used to be Governor of Pennsylvania and a U.S. diplomat in the Balkans, survived what he said was his 15th plane crash. When the wheels of an amphibian wouldn't let down, the ship made a dry-land landing on pontoons at 70 m.p.h. Earle's injury: a scratch on the wrist...
While other planemakers raced to produce cheaper planes for a wider market, soft-spoken Leroy Grumman galloped off in the other direction. This week his Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. announced its postwar commercial model, the Mallard, an eight-to-ten-passenger amphibian with lush-plush custom-tailored interior. Price: $100,000 & up (depending on the interior arrangement selected...
...Champion Swimmer Esther Williams, prettiest amphibian of them all, sliding and slithering through water lilies...