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Divorced. Alfred ("Harry") Renton Bridges, 53. Australian-born boss of the West Coast's International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union; by his second wife. Nancy Fenton Berdicio Bridges. 42. onetime professional dancer; after eight years of marriage, one child; in Reno...
BOEING'S 707 JET TRANSPORT came through its maiden test flight with flying colors. The 707, which can be used either as a transport or a tanker to refuel jet bombers, used only 2,100 ft. of runway to take off from Renton Airport near Seattle, cruised smoothly...
Boeing Airplane Co.'s engineers lined the runway at their Renton, Wash, plant one sunny day last week to see their swept-wing 707, the first U.S. jet tanker-transport, get ready for her maiden flight. As they watched, Chief Test Pilot Tex Johnson gunned the four engines from an idling whine to a full roar, let the big jet sweep down the runway at 80 m.p.h., then eased on the brakes to test the 95-ton plane's ground response. After the first ground run, Tex gave his opinion: "A lovely ship." But Tex spoke too soon...
...month ahead of schedule, Boeing Airplane Co.'s big four-jet tanker, the 707, was rolled out last week at Renton, Wash. The 707, which can be converted into a commercial liner, will have a cruising speed of 550 m.p.h., about 100 miles faster than the grounded British Comet. The first U.S. entry in the international commercial jet transport race is powered by four Pratt & Whitney J57 engines similar to those on Boeing's B-52 heavy bombers...
CRIMSON Managing Editor George S. Abrams '54 asked readers to bear with the paper during this period. "We may have to run reviews by Brooks Atkinson and national columns by James Renton," Abrams said. "There will be complaints, of course, but I hope no one will cancel his subscription...