Word: mustangs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. William P. Odom, 30, globe-girdling veteran flyer; in an airplane crash (his F51 Mustang went out of control at Cleveland's National Air Races); in Berea, Ohio. Odom's round-the-world flight in April 1947 (78 hrs. 55 min.) broke Howard Hughes's record; his solo global trip four months later in a converted A26 bomber (73 hrs. 5 min.) shattered Wiley Post's old solo mark; his 5,000-odd-mi. hop in 36 hours from Honolulu to Teterboro, N.J. last March set a new light-plane record...
...Careful, Careful." As Li talked, a Chinese air force Mustang, humming along in the fading twilight, nosed over and swooped down on a village three mile, east. A few seconds later we heard the sharp chatter of machine guns. "That village is my objective tonight," said Li. "When the sun is down my artillery will open up and then the infantry will move...
Hiroshima observed the third anniversary of its atomic bomb last week. In token of peace, doves fluttered, bells tolled and a poet was reciting an ode,when a squadron of R.A.F. Mustang fighters thundered overhead, drowning out his voice...
...Bangor, Me.) equipped with P-84s, expects to get delivery of the rest by July. Production of Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars, the U.S.A.F.'s other jet fighter, is already being tapered off. Manufacture of reciprocating-engine planes, such as Republic's Thunderbolt, North American's Mustang and Twin Mustang, has been cut back to little more than production of spare parts...
...Army Air Forces set a record of sorts last week. From Hawaii's historic Hickam Field a P82 fighter (two P-51 Mustangs joined together) flew 4,978 miles to New York in 14 hrs., 33 min. The Twin Mustang had been stripped of guns and other military gear to carry 6½ tons of gasoline, turning a supposed military endurance test into something of a stunt flight...