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Airways along the Pacific Coast are dotted with "service stations" marked by neon-lighted towers-aircraft fueling points erected by Richfield Oil Co. of California. With similar foresight, Richfield Oil Corp. of New York last week announced its first floating service station, specially built to supply seaplanes and watercraft. All tanks are below deck, with no projection above except an office at the stern. The fuelling pumps are sunk in pits to safeguard the wings of aircraft drawn alongside. Richfield plans 99 similar units, painted with blue & buff checks for easy recognition from...
...took off from Cleveland for Keene, N. H. In the Green Mountains, he plowed into a peasoup fog. Unable to climb over it, he dove his Fleet biplane to 2,000 ft., crashed into the treetops near Bennington, Vt. Painfully injured. Goldsborough's companion, Donald Mockler, publicity-man for Richfield Oil Corp. tried to lift the wreckage that pinned Goldsborough, then stumbled through forest and swamp for five hours to summon help. Twelve hours later searchers located the plane, extricated Goldsborough. They carried him eight miles to Bennington where he died next day?his 20th birthday...
Typical of the great men's attitude was the testimony of Albert Clayton Woodman, president of Richfield Oil Corp. of New York, questioned by Assistant U. S. Attorney John Harlan Amen...
Harry Ford Sinclair, petroleum tycoon was last week reported as about to acquire Richfield Oil Co. of California. The rumor was not denied or affirmed at Sinclair offices, but it was conceded that Bancamerica-Blair, Sinclair bankers, held a large block of Richfield stock. Richfield is fourth largest oil distributor in California (leaders are Standard of California, Union Oil and Shell Oil), would supply Sinclair with desirable California distribution...
...much more than 48 hours notice. He got into the plane with them and off they flew. Night found them 60 mi. short of Bermuda over a glassy sea. They descended, floated the swells until dawn, got up again, reached Hamilton Harbor. Their prizes: $1,000 each; publicity for Richfield Oil Co. A sprained pontoon strut prevented their flying home. The significance: when an Armstrong Seadrome (TIME, Oct. 28) is anchored midway, and terminal facilities are improved, and Yancey's weather and course observations are collated, a New York-Bermuda week-end airline may be practicable...