Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 May 1952 — Page 12

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Glides With Effortless Speed

money-earning flights. Opera-|all the bugs expected of any new tionally the Comet's best single aircraft, Just seeing the Comet, hop distance is about 1500 miles. and watching it fly, gives you ail

| WEDNESD wv VAs New Jetliner

By AUBREY OOOKMAN

Aviation Editor, Popular Mechanjes Magazine

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1952

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Aubrey Cookman, aviation editor of Popular. Mechanics

‘by LOUIS RAINIER

; v - Johannesburg, South Africa, cov-| 7 including Every Wave -- chapter in transportation. Dis-|jcan. : . J We've been slleing 3 lot spout he Father Homarou a wers opin In half; tn loan built jet Hansports in serv Sting 1318 Hijes in approgimate. SOCIAL 4 4 Cream Guaranteed side of the home. e has n terms of time. And I've never had, ’ oy ying hours, er the Shampoo heart of the Mome, the kitchen. Remember years ago the a smoother ride. A fellow-passen- The jet 9 Jue 8PPetite Poses schedule times will be trimmed, STATIONERY uw pu SPECIALISTS kitchen was & combination living, dining and cooking room. ger, who'd done some free-bal. major problem, ut the Britlah|.,ngiqerably, when the operation GREETING CARDS ANN FOXWORTHY IN

_ Then we discovered germs. Suddenly everything became

CHICAGO, May jl14—How does) it feel to travel faster, higher and more comfortably than any other airliner passenger ever did before? a go Wonderful. . “The record-smashing debut of) the Comet jetliner began a new

looning, said it offered the only

magazine, was the only American among 368 passengers on Britain's four-jet Comet airliner on ‘its “recent maiden flight. The plane flies more than seven miles high and at speeds that reach 525 miles an hour, Mr. Cookman has written the following exclusive story.

Overseas Airways Corp. expects

that distance and increase th

speed. :

Round Trip Weekly

For. the remainder of: May the! first Comet will make one round! trip a week between London and

becomes more familiar.

A more powerful engine, already the confidence needed. Speed: on production models, wili stretch|loving Americans, too, will like the fact that. it gets you there

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i | | limit that with exact | Now, as usual, we're swinging back to the fair comparison. to lick or Inside, the first jet airliner : , White, : th all the new and handsome equip- Jet-driven airplanes. unlike pis- flight planning. isn't any fancier than current, FAVORS . o depots of"sT00° and: you ma: homey kitchen! Wi P p Waiti in stack bo ar. | » special wave whenever you your | ment we can defeat the germs and still have a pleasant, ton types, need no long warmup. ating stacks above afr- “old fashioned” piston models. LEATHER GOODS terre wave "| colorful, comfortable room in Which to work. Wouldn't They ean be moved up to full{Pofts Will make it too expensive. Only in the air does it move into DRAFTING All Operators Are Licensed | our grandmothérs have been power immediately. To those in-|The Comet's per hour fuel con- 3 Slase apart. You Hide, too, in| : : These permanents are erestly redyced bee Started Homemaking with such things ns all-steel cabinets, | [side the airplane their whining sumption is about three times/the Comet at regular fare. MATERIALS: } . / {lice becatite NS il ' phir a : rl stoves, streamlined for easy cleaning? Or powerplant noise is much less dis- [that of a comparable size piston Passengers on the Comet won t tieile tons are fres have 4) wie Wt I | elcotie ur Sur disposal, or a deep freeze? We take turbing than the usual 'husky plane, but it covers the same ais- have any extra worries about|} ERNEEEREEIY RT AT-1406 waving . solutions ooniatn” only Sears | What of agarbage disposal, OI 8 SCIP Til, ue thanks rumble of piston engines. tance in ha the time. We diq/safety. Three years of exacting q| IY | O i a » \ 6th Floor, Kittle Bldg. creamy tmeredients which nourish the hay Accessori L | them all so much for granted. We » y " test flying by noth the makers, J hihi : A & Ll the work and time they save us. Mr. A. E. Williams, No time was wasted as we the nearly 1000-mile London to DeHavilland Alf #t © wo | PR am 123 BAST OHIO ST. hair structure. Servi fuk lor oar Appliance Store, 4206 College, says, “Let moved up through London's usual Rome leg, for example, in two| JcReV, S88 “HERE Hoe SOC] ¢ : aa ai" e)aiie | pr the newest in Home Appliances.” cloud shroud at about 2000 feet a hours and 39 minutes of wheels Ve Probably SNAten OU leseesesee— i —Statle | us w you, Stiearely minute .on the takeoff. That wasup to wheels down time, against ’ . Main $ ’ hot performance for a fighter present four hour and 35 minute LOUIS RAINIER and Staff Plane not long age. Nothing short BOAC schedules for the same Basem sy Terms ® of an explosion then co ave route. A fn Eves, THI 9 raised a 36.passenger craft like Planes are thus available for

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ours that fast,

A climbing airliner has always given me the impression it was

savagely for altitude, In the Comet, by contrast, I felt we were sliding effortlessly up an inyisible

4214 COLLEGE HU. 1376 trolley line. Our rate of ascent turbine locomotive, the most appANGE TOR tapered as, we sete and the ful omer, 3 hn Brita Flyers {mb ) N ’ . ip and Save 4206 COLLEGE Hickory 8916 3 Iclimb to 35 Jest took) NY, engine, 66 feet and 9%

about half an hour. Meanwhile, some 200 ground miles were covered.

Into Stratosphere

‘tain apologized for the slight lurch felt as we moved into the stratosphere—where fare-paying riders had never ventured before. The Comet is ordinarily vibrationless. A strong headwind held us down to 400-plus miles an hour temporarily, he explained, but we'd soon move along more quickly. I was glad to hear that because I hate to loaf along. Before Rome we reached the 500 mph mark and a good tailwind boosted it to a 525

{top enroute to Johannesburg.

| ‘The Comet normally cruises at {490 mph. A brand new supermodel of one of our best airliners mopes along at 340. The Comet takes off on about the same runway length as conventional planes its size.

fighting its way upward, battling|

{three -components—a rotary comA note sent back from the.cap- pressor which compresses air tol

two to three times as many

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