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Show . Flying Boxcars Army and navy ships of the air are properly referred to as "flying "fly-ing boxcars." With normal range of 3,000 miles and capacity of 30,-. 000 pounds, these planes are playing play-ing a vital part in winning the war. Tractors, trucks, tanks, and a wide variety of army equipment equip-ment is transported by air to the battle fronts. A 25-bedroom hospital hos-pital was flown from St. Louis to Nome, Alaska, and was in operation opera-tion 36 hours after leaving St. Louis. |