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Show MSIIS' f Bits I sfiSisi Sstp WWT? 3 A-.- . .: (. - . i t; -' ... ; 4 , v i i STEED RECORD . . . The fastest airmail delivery in the history of I the United States was accomplished when a P-S0 jet propelled plane carrying mail left Schenectady, N.V., and arrived in Washington, D.C., ; in 49 minutes. Capt. Robert Balrd, pilot, of Clarksdale, Miss., Is hand- ing the pouch and a letter from V. Stuart Symington, assistant secre- tarv of war for air, to Vincent Burke, postmaster at Washington. The : plane reached a top speed of 580 miles an hour. " |