COULD CIRCLE GLOBE WITH TWO STOPS
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PLANE UNDEliGOlNG T'ESfS
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Eeceivea Friday,- 10.50 p.m. NEW YORK, March 8. A C74 Dohgias tiahsp'or'fc plane', cap'a ble df circling the globe. in 72 hours, with ohiy two stops, is undergoing tests for acceptance by the Air Transport 'Gommand. Douglas oflicials say the plane can leave Los Angeles and refuel in Beriin or Moscow and then Tokio before returning to Los Ahgeles. It was also stated that a flight around the United StateS in one day may b& under taken. The aircraft is powered by idur Pratt and Wlii-tney 28-cylinder engihes, . With revetsi ble-pitch propdllers, which the pilot riiay uSe foibraking when laiiding of for backmg the plane in and oht df hangars of parking areas.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 March 1946, Page 5
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