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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1950)
SIXTEEN -MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. March 28. 1550 Airline Executive Describes Features 01 New British Jet-Powered Airliner Denver. Colo.. Mar. 25 Ex treme enthusiasm about, the fu ture of turbine engine develop ment for commercial aviation was expressed by J. A. Herlihy vice president in charge of opera tions for United Air lines, upon his return to the United Slates from a 12,000-mile trip inspecting foreign engine development and airline operations in canacia, England and the continent. He was especially impressed by the new DeHaviland Comet in England, a 40-passenger, four engined jet-propelled aircraft which he himself flew at a speed of 485 miles per hour at an alti tude of 32,000 feet "as easily as any conventional plane and without any semblance of vibra tion," he added. Orders Placed Harlihy said that, with plan ned improvements in cabin pres surization, the DeHaviland Com et would operate even highei than 32.000 feet when placed in commercial service. British Over seas airlines and Canadian ru cific airlines have placed orders for the Comet and he estimated these companies would have them in regular scheduled opera tion within 18 or 24 months. The first United States airline executive to fly in the new De Haviland Comet, and one of the few foreign aviation men of the world to be granted that privi lege, Herlihy placed this air plane ahead of any other turbine engine development he viewed on his extensive trip. , Range 2,000 Miles The long range of the Comet. ;l,i, -h i annroximatclv 2,000 miles, plus its speed, ease in fly ing and almost complete iacK m vibration in operation, makes the ii-rr.-ift hiehlv desirable for commercial use, he said. Thi lurbo-nroD power plant according to Herlihy, has inter esting tealures lor comniwc m thn immediate future. He said that in his opinion, how ever, the ideal was the straight tot hut that was further away. He exnrcssed the belief that within 10 vcars the turbine en gine may completely replace the piston engine lor an aircran oi over 1,000 horsepower. Evcrvthinff In the wav of new develODment witnesses on for eign shores, Herlihy said, was devoted to the turbine power plant. Government-financed tur bine prototype development pro grams, vested ior ine mosi pun faster, qilleted, and more com fortable turbine-powered air planes into operation will at tract the air traveling public," he added. "Travel in turbine- powered aircraft may be more costly at the start at least, but the added features of this im proved type of travel will Justify added passenger cost." Campaign Opened For Sheriff Job W. L. "Bill" Taylor, Central Point dairyman and rancher, for mally opened his campaign Sat- f-'.'O, itMfv ,' I H, V-':, ' . i A Hithi ii iM 'IAiMmmAmmJI W. L. "BILL" TAYLOR Candidate For Sheriff grams, vwum itiv k 1 rn,i j completely In the hands of com-1 is his mortal comnanics. have permit-, P" lies, he said ted the British and Canadians to steal a inarch on the United Slates in this important field, he observed. Suggests Program But a United Slates program In turbine development started now would quickly bring this country abreast of its competi tors, in Hcrlihy's opinion. He sug gested as a possible start on such a urogram here that the government assign some of Its converted, all-Jet B-4D pomucra to the airlines lor experimemai use In flvine cargo, thereby pro viding actual experience in fly ing turbine aircran over unnou States airways. He said prob lems of fitting the much faster jet airplanes into the commer cial airways pattern were anti cipated here and abroad but that these were surmountable. "This trip has convinced me that the turbine engine has arrived." Herlihy said. "It's here, and like all world progress, nothing ran stop it." "The first airline to get the urday for the democratic nomin ation for sheriff of Jackson county at the May 19 primary election. Taylor, a native of The Dalles is married and the father of three grown daughters. He oper ates a farm on Scenic drive northwest of Central Point. He plans to conduct a quiet campaign, Taylor said, and add ed that he is well-known in the Central Point section of the county, and that it was the urg ing of friends there and in Mcd ford which decided him to enter the race. first entry Into He plans to campaign on the basis of two principles, he said. They are Hint he would devote full time to Hie job, and that he would, if elected, enforce Unlaws. Body Missing Klamath Woman May Be Found Klamath Kails, Ore., Mar. 25 (U.R Slide police here and In Portland today explored the pos sibility Hint a torso found float ing in the Willamette river in Anril ll)4, is that of Mrs. Marie Diffin, missing since the fall of 1944. The remains found near Port land in the Willamette river four years ago, have never been Iden tified. Mrs. Diflin left Chlloquin with two men In 11)44 and her hus band was only recently persu aded to report her disappearance. At the time the torso was found, examiners smcl it was that or a woman about 40. Mrs. Diffin was 38 when she left her family I'dlrr- have liaiiii'd tliHt the mil sing woman Intended to go to Portland. Her parents and two listers live here. She has a mar ried daughter in Boise. Ida., and hi-r hus'iimd, George A. Diffin. lives at Cascade Locks. DOCTORS NOT NEEDED Morganton, N. C. U.R) There would be no concern about the shortage of doctors if the aver age person were ns healthy as P. A. Hoke, 85. 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