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...That Guy? From New York, the two Constellations hopped nonstop to San Francisco, then to Honolulu, then to Midway Island. They traveled under false identification and flight numbers; over water, they were never more than 100 miles from a ship or another plane. During the fuel stops, nobody was allowed to get off. Beyond Midway, the press plane developed engine trouble. When it messaged its plight to Ike's plane, security permitted only a cold response of "message received." The press plane limped into Wake Island for repairs. Ike went on to Iwo Jima, landed in time...
...first model of its "turbo-compounded" Super Constellation, a piston-type plane which will not only carry about three times as many passengers (99) as the Comet I, but cover long hauls in less elapsed time. It is the first transport, said Lockheed, which will be able to guarantee nonstop flights from New York to Europe on a regular-fare, scheduled basis...
...Eastern Air Lines' Eddie Rickenbacker talked of buying (TIME, Sept. 8). The Comet III, said Trippe, will be powered by four Rolls-Royce Avon engines, and will be able to carry 58 first-class passengers (78 tourist class) at cruising speeds of 500 m.p.h. for 2,700 miles nonstop. It "will be the first jet transport," said Trippe, "able to operate efficiently over the principal routes of Pan American...
...order, the Britons were already making new claims to commercial jet supremacy. This week, at the annual Farnborough show, they will fly the world's first turboprop transports,† Bristol's 104-passenger Britannia, Vickers' 40-to-53-passenger Viscount. These turboprops are designed for nonstop runs too long (e.g., the North Atlantic) for the Comet to fly, or too sparsely traveled (e.g., to Sweden) to justify Comets...
BOAC's Managing Director Whitney Straight had ordered 25 of the giant Britannias before the prototype made its first flight last week, plans to use its long range (4,000 miles with safe margins) and space to offer nonstop transatlantic coach service by 1954. British European, Air France, Ireland's Aer Lingus, and Trans-Australia have already placed 48 orders for the smaller Viscount...