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...Vertaplane. By flying as an airplane and landing as a windmill plane it would seem to combine the advantages of both." A group of Government scouts, newshawks and tradepaper reporters felicitated the inventor, expressed keen interest, hoped the ship's inventor could design it for greater payload. It is now designed as a two-place plane...
...disaster, for Germany has no helium. It is a U. S. monopoly. The willingness of Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt to sell Germany enough helium to fly the Graf and the Hindenburg on peaceful missions was offset by the price factor (more than 30 times as expensive, for 20% less payload efficiency) and by covert political opposition. As Columnist Dorothy Thompson wrote: "The destruction of the Hindenburg was an act of sabotage. For the peaceful world today, the world that seeks to join hands in the perfection of greater technologies, that seeks mutual enrichment and mutual understanding by all means...
...heights on the transcontinental run. T.W.A. plans to put six in service early in 1938, has an option on 17 more. One statistic to show size: in addition to 32 passengers, the 307 will carry a cargo weighing more than the DC-3's entire payload...
...Pullman, giving passengers more comfort and room to use such gewgaws as bridge tables, footstools, chessmen magnetized so they will not tumble in rough air. United's sacrifice of seven seats, though partially offset economically by increased cargo capacity, still leaves a 30% reduction in normal DC-3 payload. Therefore United made its new "Skylounges" the world's first extra-fare planes, imitating the standard practice of special trains and crack liners. In addition to the normal New York-Chicago fare of $47.95, passengers are surcharged...
...year's plates. But California welcomed him with open arms, required only a month's registration fee. Finally, after $3,000 had been thus spent, all was ready. Garnished with $1,000 in travelers' checks, the 13 drivers set out with a 90,000-lb. payload guaranteed for delivery in Los Angeles in five days...