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Windham County Observer
Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut
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United Air Lines orders fifty Douglas DC-4 and DC-6 transport planes for immediate postwar service, supplementing their DC-3 fleet to improve speed, comfort, and efficiency on coast-to-coast routes serving Connecticut via New York, with planned extensions to Hartford and Boston. The $25 million fleet includes 15 DC-6s for 44 passengers and 35 for 56 passengers, plus cargo.
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Fifty giant four-engined Douglas DC-4 and DC-6 transport planes of the type shown here have been ordered by United Air Lines for immediate postwar service. Such planes supplemented by United's present fleet of twin-engined Douglas DC-3 Mainliners, will introduce new features of speed, comfort and efficiency in passenger-mail-express services on the company's coast-to-coast route which serves Connecticut through the New York gateway and which soon is to be extended to Hartford and Boston. The fleet, costing a total of $25,000,000, will include 15 four-mile-a-minute DC-6's, carrying up to 44 passengers plus cargo, and 35 five-mile-a-minute DC-6's, accommodating up to 56 passengers plus cargo.
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fleet of 50 planes ordered at a cost of $25,000,000, including 15 dc-6s carrying up to 44 passengers plus cargo and 35 dc-6s accommodating up to 56 passengers plus cargo; routes to extend to hartford and boston.
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Fifty giant four-engined Douglas DC-4 and DC-6 transport planes ordered by United Air Lines for immediate postwar service, supplemented by present fleet of twin-engined Douglas DC-3 Mainliners, to introduce new features of speed, comfort and efficiency in passenger-mail-express services on coast-to-coast route serving Connecticut through New York gateway.