Luxury liner for a new super-airway

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Luxury liner for a new super-airway

Date8/1/1940

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Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Luxury liner for a new super-airway: With the delivery of the first 4-engine Boeing Stratoliner to TWA; American air travelers can look forward to a new super-highway of the air. For this new 33-passenger transport is the first in the world equipped with a cabin-supercharging system to make possible fast and comfortable flight at altitudes up to 20;000 feet. [Incomplete]

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003615F

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