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Express Editor Embarks On First Distant Air Voyage
The Express editor details a ten day vacation return flight from Monticello to Philadelphia via Moline Chicago and Cleveland. He recounts a Piper Cub leg with Monticello airport manager Ed Gartner, a U S Airways long hop to Philadelphia, meals served in flight, in cabin comfort notes, views of Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and city lights, and arrival in south Philadelphia to meet James L. Burns.
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The
Express
Monticello
Philadelphia
Ed Gartner
Gartner
Moline
Jil
Scotch Grove
Center Junction
DeWitt
Davenport
Moline Field
United Air Lines
Chicago
Geneseo
Sterling, Dixon
Aurora
United Air Lines General Headquarters Administration
United
Miami
the Express
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Toledo
Lake Erie
Port Clinton
Sandusky
Cleveland
Detroit
Buffalo
Washington
James L. Burns