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Busy New York was bushed momentarily under the compounded roar of engines as imilions of persons in noonday crowds gaped skyward through a slight haze.The B-29s -roared overhead in stacked‘formation, stepped from about 3500 to 4500 feet al-hude and span nine a sky area about two miles long and one and one-half miles wide.The bomb bays yawned emply and the B-29s flow much lower than during actual war-time operations. but otherwise 1he flight was a simulation of the sortie and strike of a heavy bomber force. HAS RECEPTIONGeneral Kenney’s lead plane peeled off the .formation as it completed its sweep over Manhattan and wheeled for La Guard;a field where city officials waited to greet the war-time commander of 1 he Far East Air forces and entertain him at a city hall reception.The vanguard of the great R-29 Lying fleet passed over Washington half an hour ahead of schedule.Other b;g bombers, flying through heavy mist and widely spaced rather ihan in formation, followed. They kept to a weslerly course over the eer.tor of the city.Washingtons street cars made more noise Ihan the bombers.Associated Press writer Elton Fay radioed from one of the bombers that as his particular formation reached the *'target area in New York, crewmen gave the juicy target a professional eye.As Manhatan island unrolled its long length of offices, wharves, factories, and bridges, Fay said exclamations arose as these:Doggone, look at that marshaling vard!“What targets!Fay said the bombers gave adequate room for the New York skyscrapers, his plane flying at about 4000 feet.The tallest skyscraper, the Empire State building, is 1250 feet, higher.
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Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, Nevada, US
Fri, May 16, 1947
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Bruce M.
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