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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...comparison, the story of the first U.S. ventures, involved in the tangle of airmail contracts in the U.S.. embittered by perplexing fights over routes, makes chastening reading for Americans. A few people-Elmer Faucett of Compaňia de Aviación Faucett and Hugh Wells of Cóndor Peruana de Aviación-challenged the European combines. The German stranglehold was broken when Axis airlines were nationalized by Latin American governments in the past two years. And now, says Aviation Assistant Burden, in cautious language: "The airplane promises to give Latin America a semblance of physical unity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Progress | 6/21/1943 | See Source »

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