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...United Air Lines flight approaching Washington crashed, killing all 17 persons aboard. The CAB named as probable cause two 11-to-14-lb. whistling swans...
...swans, headed south from the Arctic to Chesapeake Bay wintering grounds, apparently struck the stabilizer of the United Viscount "like soft cannonballs," said a CAB crash investigator. Weakened by the impact, the tail shuddered and tore away, and the plane fell out of control...
...with second-ranking American Airlines, which earned a tidy $7,280,000 last year. Predictably, the proposal evoked a noisy chorus of opposition from rival airlines, the airline unions and the Justice Department's trustbusters. Last week came the most ominous protest yet: in a 119-page report, CAB Examiner Ralph L. Wiser, 52, urged the board's members to disapprove the Eastern-American marriage...
...back in-but on its own terms. But even if only the present four lines join Air Union, their reduced costs will give them an advantage in competition with U.S. overseas airlines. This argument is sure to be made when Pan Am and TWA press the Kennedy Administration and CAB for the right to merge...
...officer. But "Woody" Egbert is still as fascinated with flight as ever. In fact, says a friend, "the only time he can relax is when he's at the controls of a plane." Last week Egbert's predilection for planes became more than a hobby. Subject to CAB approval, Studebaker announced its purchase of Trans International Airlines, Inc., a profitable California nonscheduled carrier that grossed $6,000,000 last year. The price: $10 million in Studebaker stock...