Word: electras
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plunk down $440 million, by far the biggest sum of any airline, become the first to shift its line completely to jets. American has ordered $365 million worth of new planes to be delivered by 1962: 25 Boeing 707s for long-distance flights, 25 shorter-range Boeings, 35 Lockheed Electra turboprops for short hops, and 25 Convair 600s, which, if the plane lives up to its billing, will be the world's fastest commercial jet (635 m.p.h...
...bottom of Buick's line, the new two-door Le Sabre will sell for $2,485 at the factory with taxes, freight, etc. added. v. $2,422 for the comparable though six inches shorter 1958 two-door Buick Special. The middle price Invicta and Electra lines will generally carry smaller increases over the discontinued 1958 Century and Super lines. The highest-price Electra 225 four-door hardtop will go for $3,895 v. $4,396 for the 1958 four-door Limited hardtop. Gone are all five 1958 models that Buick sold in the old $4,000-plus Roadmaster...
...other 25 planes just ordered will be smaller, lighter versions of Boeing's transcontinental 707. They will cruise at 601 m.p.h., have a range of 1,850 miles, go into service in 1960. Previously ordered by American: 25 long-haul Boeing 707s, 35 short-to-medium-range Lockheed Electra turboprops...
...years, Australia's Qantas* has grown from a pouch baby into the world's ninth biggest international carrier, traveling some 15 million miles annually with 167,350 passengers. Last week Qantas was poised for still another leap. To Lockheed Aircraft went orders and options for six big Electra turboprop transports costing $15 million, 75% of which will be financed by U.S. banks. Also on order: seven Boeing 707 jets worth $50 million. Slated for service in the fall of 1959, the new planes will make Qantas the first foreign line to go all jet on major routes, give...
PILOTS' STRIKE at Western Air Lines has ended after three months. Main issue was pilots' demand that Western's soon-to-arrive Lockheed Electra turboprops carry three pilots instead of two (TIME, May 5). In settlement that is important to whole industry, pilots agreed to put off debate until 60 days before jets arrive, and then to fly them while negotiations proceed...