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1959
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27 March 1959 437 BOEING 707-123 (Four Pratt and Whitmy JT3C4) Span 130ft 10in Length 134ft 6in Flight" copyright drawing by D. I. PunnettAmerican Airlines have long had a tradition that their aircraft should, in the main, be left in the original metallic finish; not for them the white-topped passenger cabins or slabs of colour on the vertical tail. The first jet transports operated by this big U.S. air- line are painted with customary restraint: red flashes along the fuselage and pods and red panels on the elevators, rudder and low speed ailerons are outlined in white and contrast with the black lettering, company insignia, radar nose and pilot's anti-glare panel. The airline's flagship recently broke a commercial transport record for a scheduled westbound transcontinental flight with a time ofShr 7min between Idlewild and Los Angeles. AMERIjCA N7S0U
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