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Title
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The Connie Sets a Record
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Description
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Reflection by author on her career with United Press and her two-day press trip to promote Trans World Airlines' "The Constellation," nicknamed The Connie. Its maiden flight was February 1, 1946, from New York with a stop over in Kansas City and on to Los Angeles. The memorable return flight, where the co-pilot was knocked unconscious during severe weather, landed safely where "seven ambulances and half a dozen fire trucks" were standing by. The pilot, Jack Frye, flew the Constellation "coast-to-coast in seven hours and twenty-seven minutes, setting a new transcontinetal record."
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Date
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2007-09-29
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Object Type
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Magazine
