ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT IN AVIATION
| Received Friday, 7 p.m. NEW YORK, Aug. 2. The Douglas Aircraft Company ha^ announced that a C74 named Glohe master, took off from- Long Beach .Ualrfornia, with, a gross load of 172, OOv. pounds, reported to , be the greatest weight ever to leave the earth undei the power of a plane. It also became the first to lift a disposable load greater than its own empty weight. The Glohemaster can circle the world , with only two stops.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 August 1946, Page 5
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