While FedEx didn't start flying until 1973, it was incorporated in June, 1971.
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The Texaco truck servicing the Continental DC-7B in the third photo likely contains engine oil. Those big round engines used a lot and adding it one quart at a time could take all day.
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01-11-2010
12:17 PM
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" ... when the cabin pressure goes too high, requiring descent to a lower altitude swiftly and smoothly."
Perhaps you meant that the cabin altitude goes too high rather than the cabin pressure.
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Something like the old New York Air food (the flying nosh) would be worth a few bucks.
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09-04-2008
01:35 PM
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For those used to buying gas in gallons (and dollars) ... a gallon of jet fuel weighs about seven pounds so while holding at altitude this 737 was burning about 570 gallons per hour.
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