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1959
1959 - 0726.PDF
13 MARCH 1959 - : ; FLIGHT 15 HATFIELD TOBUENOS AIRES BY COMET 4 7,075 MILES IN 18 HOURS 23 MINUTES First of six Comet 4 airliners of Aerolineas Argentinas left de Havilland's airfield at Hatfield, England, on the 2nd March, 1959, completing the 7,075 miles delivery flight to Buenos Aires in 18 hours 23 minutes elapsed total time. Aerolineas Argentinas will use these Comets on three routes from Buenos Aires — to New York, London and Santiago — and the aircraft will be operated exclusively on AeroShell Turbine Fuel 650. For over three decades, Aerolineas Argentinas and their predecessors have used Shell Aviation Products. . You can be sure of Shell • 7 •'."•: •:.' r'-.: .-:..-•. :• • •.;.••.' • v-v - >'
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