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...industry came closest to freezing designs during World War II, but even then, North American made 32 major changes in the F-51 Mustang and 29 in the B-25 Mitchell...
...glossy bay won going away, by a full four lengths over 53-1 Royal Mustang. Third, by a head, was strong-finishing Ruhe, winner of the Arkansas Derby. Phil D. was fourth, Fanfare fifth, Battle Morn sixth, Counterpoint. eleventh, Mameluke 20th and dead last. Count Turf's winning time for the mile-and-a-quarter grind (over a fast track): 2:02 3/5, fourth fastest in the Derby's 77-year history. The winner's purse: $98,050, a record Derby jackpot...
...getting their pictures, TVmen were knocked about by MPs in Hawaii, trampled by crowds in San Francisco, manhandled by police in Washington. TV film was flown across the Pacific from Hawaii to the U.S., hurtled in a souped-up Mustang fighter from California to Omaha, the western terminus of the coaxial cable. After MacArthur reached Washington, film was flown back to the West Coast...
Holding his converted Mustang fighter at an average speed of 450 m.p.h., Charles K Blair Jr., 41, chalked up a new New York-to-London speed record: 7 hrs. 48 min. (Previous record: 8 hrs. 55 min.) A veteran Pan American pilot with a record of more than 400 transatlantic crossings, Blair also made a New York-Foynes speed record in 1944 of 14 hrs. 17 min. After his latest hop, he took a passenger plane home in time for a quick visit with his wife Janice and two youngsters, before going back to the controls of his regular...
...Australia-1,000 men, two destroyers, one 75-plane Mustang fighter squadron...