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U.S.A.F. (Modifies first of 2 Strato- Issue Number freighters to Serve as test bed for engines) 7435x3 Subject MODIF IED Cameraman BOEING C-97 TEST FLIGHT PATHE (DD) (now designated the YC-973) Length Dupe Book No: 6887-12 304 et. Neg. Pos. Cuts caption junked a Can No. tor card made Description and Remarks SEATTLE. WASH INGTCN: (We had popara of EApril 1955 scene listing on this film so presume that the covered the usual setup of var.views of the plane--pilot Ed Harts of Boeing with co-pilot Sandy McMurray and Don Kelly as engineer-enprobal have takeoff and in flight scenes, too INFORMATION: the C97 is modification of the Stratofreighters modified for the USAF to test the new Pratt & Whitney T34 engine--the big tanker transport,officially designated YC-97J,has four T34 engines,each providing 5700 horsepover as compared to 3500 HP from each of P&W Wasp Major piston engines on t standard C-97 & KC-97 transports--it supplies the YC-97J with nearly 53 per cont more povere has decreased the empty weight by nearly 500018 SEE OVER PRINTED IN U.S.A. FORM 2530-8M-12/08 OVER

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