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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1949
Page
3
The Stratojet proves cross country flight in 3 hours 46 minutes suggesting cheap jet air travel and potential reduction in airline overhead. Jets may replace multiple slower planes and offer decisive advantage in high altitude war with superior turning ability. Iowa counted 2,364 civil aircraft as of last Oct. 1 per state figures.
The Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation offers $2,000 jet propulsion fellowships for rocket and jet propulsion study. Three fellowships cover two years postgraduate study at Princeton and three at California Institute of Technology. Applications available from 120 Broadway New York NY.
In New South Wales on Brown Mountain a Sydney man heard a low flying airplane but found the source was a lyre-bird perched on a dead log high on the slope. The bird’s famed mimicking ability was responsible for the surprising noise.
London reports say the United States planned to transfer hundreds of B 29 Superfortress bombers to Britain. Air force heads in both nations deny knowledge of the reports as negotiations, leases, or Marshall aid possible.
In Los Angeles a one year old named Jimmie Wesser shows startling strength by hanging from a bar for a full minute and chin-upping four times as observers watch his gymnastic display at a local venue.
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