Feb 9 1963
From The Space Library
First U.S. three-jet-engine airliner, Boeing Co.’s model 727, made its initial flight, with Lewis Wallick as test pilot. Aircraft was designed to cruise at 550-600 mph, carry 70-144 passengers, and operate from airports with runways as short as 5,000 ft. (AP, Wash. Sun. Star, 2/10/63)
Eight senior members of the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the U.S. House of Representatives paid an informal visit to MSC. (MSC Space News Roundup, 1/8/64,2)
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