Word: calif
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Francisco, Calif...
...Aviator William P. Odom set a new distance record for single-engined light airplanes when he flew a 185-h.p. Beechcraft 2,407 miles* from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif. Said Odom, stepping out of the plane after his 22-hour flight: "I've never been so thirsty in my life. I guess it was looking at all that water...
...estimated $3,000,000, Toni is the daughter of Silent Star June Caprice and Director Harry Millarde. While the tabloids were still eating up every new rumor, the Senator appeared in Washington. Had he and Toni been married in the desert? Said he: "Completely absurd." In Hidden Valley, Calif., Toni said: "I feel very bad about the whole thing . . . I love him enough to step out of the picture if publicity would hurt his career...
...Last week, trying something new, it took off from the ground for the first time under its own (four rocket motor) power. Piloted by 25-year-old Captain Charles E. Yeager, the first man to fly faster than sound, it streaked across the desert at Muroc Dry Lake, Calif., and was airborne after only 2,300 ft., a shorter ground run than most standard fighters require...
Commercial airlines are also boning up on G.C.A. (Ground Controlled Approach) at six installations in the U.S. (New York, Chicago, Washington, Indianapolis, Wilmington, Del. and Arcata, Calif.). They hope to have it in widespread use eventually...