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...times larger than the commercial airline fleet, and 30,000 small planes are used by business alone. In its 32 years. Piper has produced nearly 54,000 civilian planes, more than any other company. It now accounts for one-third of all private aircraft produced, although its chief competitors, Cessna and Beech, are ahead in dollar volume. Last year Piper sold $40 million worth of planes, ranging from its two-seat, single-engined Super Cub ($7,880) to its de luxe, twin-engined Aztec ($55,000). Though sales are holding up, Bill Piper expects profits to be down somewhat this...
Another member of the small company of light-plane adventurers set a record last week. Peter Gluckmann, 33, a San Francisco watchmaker, piloted a single-engine Cessna 172 from Oakland to Honolulu in 20 hr. 39 min., thus became just about the biggest man (250 lbs.) to fly the smallest plane (145 h.p.) over the longest distance (2,400 miles) of open water...
Okay, American . . . This is Cessna 163. American, you're pulling ahead...
American 215, be advised that Cessna 163 is being flown by a student pilot on his first cross-country flight. He advises us that he has only one hour and five minutes of fuel left...
...Cessna 163, fly 019° magnetic. We are going to try to intercept you in your course line that you are now flying. Keep...