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Photograph article dated March 7, 1961 partially reads, "Although barely out of its infancy, the jet age of commercial aviation has already spawned a 'second generation' - the Astrojets of American Airlines. This is the name of the airline has adopted for its Boeing 707 jets equipped with the advanced jetfan engines, a power plant capable of boosting the aircraft's speed by 40 miles per hour." View from jet lounge, San Diego spreads out below.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
American Airlines Aircraft industry--United States Airplanes--Models--United States Airplanes--United States Boeing 707 (Jet transports) Airports--California--San Diego San Diego (Calif.) Aerial photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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