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Identifier
20150129
Description
McKinley Jones, Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) flight engineer, is shown at the instrument board of a specially equipped Douglas DC-3 (DC-3), which cruises five states of the Southwest, keeping sky highways in repair by testing radio beacons, instrument glide paths for pilots to use in fog or rain in landing on airports, and otherwise keeping wrinkles smoothed out of the federal airways system. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, February 23, 1950.
Archival Date
1950-02-09
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-2454
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Douglas DC-3 (Transport plane); Airplanes; Industrial technicians; Equipment
Names
Jones, McKinley; United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration. Aviation
Subjects
Douglas DC-3 (Transport plane); Airplanes; Industrial technicians; Equipment