On the recordApril 23, 1961
The increase in the speed, weight, and capacity of jet age aircraft has already antiquated many existing airports and threatens to outmode many more.
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presidency.ucsb.eduJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The increase in the speed, weight, and capacity of jet age aircraft has already antiquated many existing airports and…”
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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Proposing Extension of the Federal Airport Act.
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