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Show Airplane Aid to Big Business ; ' . ,N N jvSj" : Industrial organizations have learned by experience that the ownership of passenger airplanes for the use of their executives Is of immense benefit, especially in the way of saving time on business trips. One of the pioneers in this line was the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, which put its first plane into operation two years ago. According to announcement by Allan Jackson, vice president, speaking for the directors, that corporation lias now replaced the plane with a larger and faster machine supplied by the Stout division of the Ford Motor company. It Is an all-metal, tri-motored plane carrying nine passengers; has a total of 1,230 horse power and a high speed of 140 miles. Stanolind II, as it is called, acted as flagship of the St. Paul Association of Commerce's "good will tour" to Winnipeg, carrying members of the city council. |