First Pilot to Fly Across North Pole Calls It Simple
NEW YORK AP Charles F Blair Jr the first solo pilot to cross the North Pole in a single engine plane described the flight as a simple jaunt He completed the transpolar trip from Bardufoss Norway to Fairbanks Alaska in 10 hours 40 minutes He then returned to New York nonstop in 9 1/2 hours Blair 41 a Pan American Airlines pilot landed the Mustang Excalibur II at Idlewild International Airport to a crowd of about 2000 He averaged 375 mph and said a commercial airline could operate across the polar wastelands including Russia The Arctic felt like open ocean at 20 000 feet and he even noted he did not need cockpit heater during the night flight"}
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Pioneer pilot Blair eyes pole to cross Atlantic route
Blair, who set a New York to London single engine flight record last January, plans to fly across the North Pole in a challenging mission. He says the Calibur TIL is costly to operate but remains on course, using sun compass and sextant for navigation and relying on radio fixes near Barrow, Alaska, with the US Air Force showing interest upon arrival in Fairbanks.
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Pan American seeks to serve Casablanca on New York to Johannesburg route
Pan American World Airways asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to add Casablanca, French Morocco, as a stop between Lisbon and Dakar on the New York to Johannesburg route. The move follows Casablanca’s rise as a wartime and postwar hub and its proximity to European capitals.
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Marrakech
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Rummage Sales Set Speaker at Alameda
The Adult Girl Scout association of San Lorenzo with San Lorenzo Strutters will hold a rummage sale at Dania hall Hayward today and tomorrow from 9 to 5 p.m. Profits go to the Cabin Fund Girl Scouts and Strut drum corps uniforms.
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Bazaar of St John’s Church Promises Weekend Fun
St John’s Catholic Church in San Lorenzo hosts a three day Spring Bazaar on Lewelling Boulevard grounds. Over 4000 visitors expected with 23 booths and 250 parish volunteers. Festivities run Friday 7 to 11 pm, Saturday 12 to 11 pm, Sunday 1 to 10 pm. Includes child entertainment, grand stage acts, and various dances and solos.
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San Lorenzo
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Bobby Gonsalves
Rudy S Duncan
Norbert Henscheid
George Bigelow
Dwyer
Jerry
Lewis
Rudy Dun
Vic Manamy
Janet Silva
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