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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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President Truman's DC-6 plane, the Independence, is at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica for potential safety modifications due to recent DC-6 accidents in Bryce Canyon, Utah, and Gallup, N.M. Pilot Lt. Col. Henry Myers delivered it and plans to fly the President to Florida in a DC-4.
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Await Changes to Be Made Because of Recent Accidents
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 29—(AP)—President Truman's personal plane, the Independence, a DC-6, was at the Douglas Aircraft plant here today awaiting any changes which may be recommended for all planes of this type because of the recent Bryce Canyon, Utah, and Gallup, N. M., mishaps involving DC-6s.
The President's pilot, Lt. Col. Henry Myers, brought the plane here yesterday. Myers plans to return to Washington today to take the President to Florida in the Sacred Cow, a DC-4, for a short vacation.
The Civil Aeronautics Board is studying the DC-6 problem and may make recommendations for changes.
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Santa Monica, Calif.
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Nov. 29
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President Truman's DC-6 plane, the Independence, is at the Douglas Aircraft plant awaiting recommended changes due to recent DC-6 accidents in Bryce Canyon, Utah, and Gallup, N.M. Pilot Myers brought it there yesterday and plans to return to Washington to fly the President to Florida in a DC-4. The Civil Aeronautics Board is studying the issue.