Word: cargoed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dream, had signed almost a score of treaties* for air travel and landing rights. But Mexico put off the U.S. with plenty of argument, last and most clinching of which was the fact that opportunistic Britain had just signed an agreement with Argentina to split 50-50 on passengers, cargo, and flights passing from one to the other. The U.S. had offered no such deal to Neighbor Mexico...
Meanwhile the derelict Farmer was legitimate quarry for salvagers. An 8,258-ton vessel owned by the United States Lines, she was loaded with buckwheat and other food for hungry Britain. Ship and cargo together were worth $4,500,000. A sister ship, the American Ranger, and a U.S. destroyer hastened to her side. But a dinky British steamer out of Cardiff, the Elizabete, got there first...
Last week the Farmer limped into Falmouth with 60% of her precious food cargo undamaged. The Americans had found a black and white kitten on board, had promptly named her Neversink...
...double decks of its pressurized, air-and-sound-conditioned fuselage will easily accommodate up to 114 passengers or 41,000 lbs. of cargo. For a smaller number of passengers, it offers sleeping berths and a cocktail lounge...
...will carry passengers, say Boeing accountants, at the low direct cost of 8? per mile; freight, in an all-cargo design, at less than 5? per ton-mile...