Endurance fliers Jongeward and Woodhouse visit Yuma after record flight
Woody Jongeward and Bob Woodhouse, wartime Navy pilots, land the four place plane The City of Yuma after 1,124 hours 18 minutes of nonstop flight covering 85 000 miles. A crowd of about 15 000 greets them at Yuma County Airport as officials praise their feat and plan a Saturday street pageant.
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Yuma
Woody Jongeward
Bob Woodhouse
Yuma County
Marsh Aviation Field
Dick Riedel
Bill Barris
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Jongeward
W. J. Anderson
Charlie Gilpin
Berta
Paul Berch
Arizona National Guardsmen
American Legion
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George Steiner
Arizona Bureau of Associated Press Mediately
Woodhouse
Barris
Saoward
Riedel
Plane Crash Burns 2 Fliers at Lowry AFB
At Denver's Lowry Air Force Base a twin-engined F-82 stopped during an attempted takeoff and burst into flames. Rescue crews pulled the pilot and engineer from the wreckage. 2nd Lt. Earl M. Amador of Elmhurst Illinois suffered facial burns and S/Sgt. Richard H. Hopkins of North Scituate Rhode Island sustained second and third degree burns, listed as satisfactory.
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Lowry Air Force Base
Lowry
Earl M. Amador
Elmhurst
Richard H. Hopkins
North Scituate, R. I
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