CANADA HAS JET AIRLINER
(Rec. 11.50). OTTAWA, October 4. Th e first jet airliner built in North America climbed at the rate of six thousand feet a minute in its first public showing to-day. It was built by A. V. Roe, Canada, Limited. The plane is designed to operate most efficiently at thirty thousand feet, with a cruising speed of 430 mil§s an hour. It will carry fifty passengers. It is powered by four Rolls-Royce jet engines, developing fourteen thousand horsepower. i
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Grey River Argus, 6 October 1949, Page 4
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