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Show Picture of Progress 1 j Is- . x -v i "n. ....... .... J ! The first three-engined transport built in the U. S. since the i thirties, American Airlines' 727 Astrojet, lines up i alongside the most famous of the earlier airplanes, a Ford Tri-Motor. Occasion was the rollout at Eenton, Wash, of the first of 25 Boeing jetliners to be delivered to American for service beginning early in 1964, , ' The 600 mile an hour airliner, the nation's newest, will seat more i than 90 passengers. The Ford shown here was built in 1929 and flew for American's immediate predecessor, American Airways. : ! from 1931 to 1955. A year ago, the company repurchased and I restored the airplane and it has been visiting airports throughout the country. Eventually it will be presented to the Smithsonian ! Tnctitution's National Air Museum to he built in Washington, D.C. ' |