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Continental Airlines donated historic DC-3 aircraft to the Lone Star Flight Museum

Houston, Usa - In the occasion of 100 years after the first successful airplane flight

Exactly 100 years after the first successful airplane flight, Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) was helping to perpetuate the legacy of flight by donating its award-winning, historic, 63-year-old DC-3 aircraft to the Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, Texas. 'The DC-3 was a major stepping-stone in the development of today's worldwide commercial aviation system', said Continental Chairman and CEO Gordon...

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Rome, Italy, 12/23/2003 12:18
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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