Word: plane
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Time for Remembrance. Next morning Premier Yen Hsi-shan flew off from Chengtu. His plane bypassed Kunming, capital of Yunnan. There only a few weeks ago the Nationalists had hoped to make their last stand. But to land last week would have been dangerous; Yunnan's Governor Lu Han was going over to the Communists, and his troops had turned their caps inside out to hide the Nationalist insignia and show their new allegiance. Lu had even tried to persuade some Szechwanese generals to seize Chiang in Chengtu and hold him for the Reds...
...Fort Lauderdale, Fla., several thousand children gathered at Stranahan Field to see Santa parachute from a plane hired by the Chamber of Commerce. As he floated down, the children screamed in terror; a gust of wind wafted Santa onto some power lines nearby (see cut). Unhurt, Santa was helped down, and began passing out candy...
John H. Williams, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, will leave for Paris by plane Saturday to take part in discussions of the European recovery program by the Organization for European Economic Cooperation...
While bossing the Berlin airlift, Major General William H. Tunner -often thought of what the ideal military cargo plane should be like. Last week, at an "Air Cargo Day" meeting in Manhattan's Hotel Statler, he described it. It should have four engines and be able to carry 50,000 Ibs. of cargo on a 3,000-mile flight at 250 m.p.h. It should be able to fly at 20,000 ft., land on a 6,000-ft. runway. Engines and equipment should be designed for easy repair and cargo doors should be wide enough...
...other plane is Boeing's C-97-B, a sky-truck version of its Stratocruiser, now in quantity production in Seattle. The C-97-B will carry more cargo (53,000 Ibs.) higher (30,000 ft), faster (300 m.p.h.) and farther (3,750 mi.) than Tunner asked for, but its largest cargo door is a hair too small for the Army truck. Last week, Boeing engineers were busy designing a new door...