Word: planes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...above Cayuga's waters there's a college called Cornell and it's accessible by train, bus, plane, and car, Boston transportation authorities reported last night...
Another proposals that got Committee approval last February was a student activities center tied in with Memorial Hall. Original plane called for a separate auditorium and center costing near $3,000,000. The compromise Memorial Hall plan pulled the figure down to $1,500,000, including endowment...
Saturday's report scrapped the activities center project, in addition to plane for a medical center. "It was apparent," the report said, "that, with the amounts it was known the University needed for many purpose, a large-scale drive for a War Memorial would be unwise... The failure of such a drive would be disastrous...
Even on the international runs, where air traffic was still rising, the planes were getting stiff competition from luxury liners. Many ships were already booked full for next summer while plane reservations lagged. To get the business back, American Overseas Airlines, Pan American Airways and T.W.A. cut their transatlantic round-trip rates for the winter to about 1⅓ the price of a single summer fare. Sample Pan Am rate: New York to London, $466.60, down from...
Most air travelers have never heard of Gilfillan Brothers Inc., a small, bustling Los Angeles electronics and plane parts manufacturer. But all over the world, U.S. airmen know Gilfillan's gadget-the G.C.A. (ground-controlled approach) equipment for blind landings. At Berlin's Tempelhof Airdrome, two of Gilfillan's G.C.A. units are bringing in Allied transports through all kinds of weather. At Gander, Newfoundland, G.C.A. is guiding in U.S. Air Force and commercial planes. At New York's La Guardia Field, Chicago's Municipal Airport, and Washington's National Airport, G.C.A. approaches are routine...