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...Relative Airlift. Those with closest relatives outside the country get top priority on the list. This is the so-called "Freedom Shuttle." Twice a day, five day a week, the National Airlines DC-7 takes off for Miami. About 4,000 Cubans arrive in the U.S. on this plane each month...
...Thomas," Fisher says, "and there were Anguillians--who lived in Anguilla but worked in St. Thomas--lined up waiting for a charter plane to take them over and back at $15 a head each way to go and vote. They were using half a week's pay and losing a day just to vote. And of course a lot of them couldn't get there because there was not enough space on the plane--it takes 40 minutes each way from St. Thomas. But one of them gave me his seat knowing he wanted me down; it was a little...
Breaking the Barrier. Myriad technicalities still face the Concorde-and eventually the SST-before it can go into commercial competition. One big potential stumbling block is the fact that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration must pass on the plane-and should it find the Concorde not air worthy, the French would surely complain that the FAA was dragging its feet to let the Boeing model catch up. The FAA is particularly wary of the fuel and noise problems. Four powerful Olympus engines consume great quantities of jet fuel, requiring reserves that will add weight and cut down on income. Just...
Died. William Littlewood, 69, aircraft engineer and longtime (1937-1963) vice president of American Airlines; of a heart attack; in St. Michaels, Md. Mass air transport was still just a dream in the early 1930s, when Littlewood went to Douglas Aircraft with detailed specifications for the plane that American wanted: twin engines, 200 m.p.h. for 1,425 miles, 21 passengers in reclining armchairs. The result was the DC-3, which became the sturdy backbone of worldwide air travel for 20 years...
Tuesday night T was presenting an hour-long tribute to Otis Redding, the Blues singer who died in a plane crash Sunday. A studio guest asked him to play a certain song. "No, I'm not going to play it," he said. "You could do a 16 hour show on Redding...