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Tatonări ale regimului de la Bucureşti privind achiziţia unor avioane „Boeing”,1964-1974
Tests of the Regime from Bucharest on Acquisition of „Boeing” Airliners,1964-1974

Author(s): Petre OPRIŞ
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: airliner; Boeing; Ceauşescu; Communism; William Crawford; Richard Nixon; Romania; USA.

Summary/Abstract: In 1964, some representants of the Romanian „Tarom” company were interested by the technique performances of „Boeing-727” American airliner and „Caravelle 10 R” French aircraft. Ten years later, the Romanian authorities purchased six „Boeing-707” airliners from the United States. Two of these were made in VIP version and used by the Romanian President, Nicolae Ceauşescu.

  • Issue Year: XXII/2014
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 81-92
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian