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Died. Sir Robert Beaufin Irving, 77, trained-in-sail ex-commodore of the Cunard White Star line, captain of the Queen Mary in 1938 when she broke the eastbound and westbound transatlantic speed records established by the French liner Normandie a year earlier; in Carlisle, England...
After American Airlines started its non-stop transcontinental service nine months ago, it went to the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to boost the maximum flight time for air crews from eight to ten hours. American's new Douglas DC-7s could easily make the eastbound flight within the time limit, but strong prevailing winds at high altitudes often held westbound flights in the air for nine hours or more. American had no trouble getting permission from the CAB, which already had a more liberal rule for transoceanic flights. But last week the biggest U.S. airline ran into plenty...
R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (83,673 tons) completed the 3,007 nautical miles from Ambrose Light to Bishop Rock at an average 29.73 knots-her fastest eastbound crossing since the war. The Queen's No. I passenger, Sir Winston Churchill, expressed himself content with the passage, and manfully concealed his disappointment in the outcome of his talks with President Eisenhower. "We have not entirely failed," said he upon landing, pink-faced and zesty, at Southampton...
...Nothing comes before the true and lasting friendship between Britain and the United States." But once back home in Whitehall, the great man began presiding over a series of Cabinet meetings that might determine a new course for Britain. The possible course: eastbound, away from the U.S., in convoy with the French and other like-minded allies...
Connie on the Dot. The airlines are keeping a close watch on competitors' performance. T.W.A., which already has one nonstop eastbound run in its Constellations, sniffs that American's schedules are just paper performance. Eastbound, says T.W.A., the new planes are late 40% of the time. Westbound, the DC-7s do even worse, take up to twelve hours, because of headwinds. Temporarily, American has been getting exemptions from the CAA rule against flight crews staying on the job for longer than eight hours at a stretch. But last week CAA itself was checking arrival times...