An Airplane Trip By Jet.

this airport like all Big City airports is a busy place with planes coming and going day and night planes with propellers and jet planes from all over the world fly in and out of New York's international airport right now Jet flight 801 is approaching the gate where passengers for San Francisco will board the plane a huge moving Corridor swings into place it is called a jetway through it passengers can board the Jet Plane directly ly from the waiting room safely and comfortably regardless of the weather the airport bus is already bringing passengers for flight 801 but Sue and Bob Allen are at the gate ahead of time they are taking their first airplane trip alone the passenger supervisor Mr Peterson is there to help them they can be the first passengers to board the plane he says as he leads them to the boarding area Grandpa Allen is a little worried you see Mrs Allen and I just couldn't make the trip to San Francisco their parents they've just found a house out there and quite naturally they want the children with them really there's no problem we often have children traveling alone oh by the way let me introduce you to our stewardes miss morray Mr and Mrs Allen Mrs Susie and Bobby oh it'll be fun having them on board say it looks like you have another passenger here oh she won't be any trouble no no trouble at all except she can't ride in the main cabin however if she has a ticket I'm sure Mr Peterson will find room for her flight 801 nonstop for San Francisco Grandpa and Grandma will have to say goodbye here for only passengers are allowed to go out to the jetway leading to the plane there's Mr Peterson just putting Skippy into a box specially made for dogs and cats that travel by plane goodbye Skippy goodbye Grandpa and Grandma shout the children and they hurry on to find a seat in the big and comfortable cabin of the jet now the other passengers begin to board the plane through the jetway while the passengers get seated Bob and Sue turn to the many interesting sites of the busy airport mechanics check and service the big jet engines men load luggage into special containers which are then covered and closed and driven to a loading hatch under the plane one container after another is then lifted inside the plane and moved into place by a conveyor other men load the mail into the plane and food for the passengers through the window Sue can see the traffic control tower it is higher than the other buildings so traffic officers can see the planes coming and going their job is to direct traffic at the airport flight 801 used Runway 2 on left advise when ready to taxi Captain Mills replies idell Ground Control flight 801 ready to taxi now the plane is ready to leave before take off Miss morray helps Bob and Sue fasten their seat belts seat belts make takeoffs and landings safer for the passengers just before takeoff the pilot gets his final flight orders this way and the dispatcher gives the all clear salute which means go ahead and off she goes from the loading ramp to the jet Runway jets are so big that they need very long runways for takeoffs and they fly so high that more air and oxygen must be added to the air in the cabin so that the passengers will be able to breathe comfortably before take off the hostesses explain the use of supplementary oxygen equipment your seat Miss morray points to the backs of the seats where oxygen masks are kept supp she shows how to use the masks in case the air in the cabin should drop below normal pressure The Mask over your nose and mouth and adjust the headband breathe normally and continue to wear your mask the captain pushes the throttle and the big jet starts off and and finally the wheels leave the ground oh we're flying we're [Applause] flying soon they are high over the airport the four jet engines working at full power jet engines have no propellers the plane moves forward because burnt gases are forced out through the back of the engine these jet engines have enough power to fly at almost 600 mph the jet is climbing higher and higher leaving New York City far below Captain Mills welcomes the passengers aboard today we're going to fly at an altitude of 28,000 ft our flying time will be just under 6 hours Captain Mills his first officer and the flight engineer sit in the cockpit of the plane the cockpit contains hundreds of instruments these instruments help the pilot fly safely in the busy airlanes right now the captain is setting one of the radio dials but look who is coming children would you like to have some lunch yes please oh I'd love to all right can you get your tray down too yes and while the jet plane flies over the green farmlands of the middle west the hostesses prepare lunch trays for their passengers here is one for Sue and one for Bob see how neatly everything is arranged on the tray meat vegetables dessert and milk Sue is enjoying her lunch as the passengers eat the plane continues its Westward Journey over the Great Plains would you like to take a nap no thank you airplane seats are comfortable you can push the back rest down down and curl up many passengers like to take naps but Bob and Sue have too much to see Susan would you like a junior Stewart his pin oh yes thank you and how would you like to be a junior pilot oh I'd love to now Sue and Bob are glad they didn't take a nap look now we're flying over Denver Miss morray thinks that a little walk through the plane would make a pleasant change for Sue and Bob she is taking them to the lounge in the front of the plane Sue finds a map on the table Miss maray where are we now we're exactly here Susie this is first officer Jennings we we are about to cross the continental divide the Continental Divide is a ridge of high mountains separating Rivers flowing to the east from those flowing to the West Sue wonders how the pilot can fly or find the airport in Cloudy weather Miss morray tells her about the special instruments that guide the plane at night and in bad weather radio signals direct the plane on its way and the landing field almost as if it were gliding along a highway the captain calls the San Francisco Lake Tahoe at 28,000 flight 801 cleared Oakland amine Cross Sacramento at 11,000 or above Susan since you are a junior stus would you like to pass gum for me today okay what about me oh I have a box for you too there's one for you and this one for [Music] yous Sue and Bob's parents are at the airport well ahead of time the passenger agent has assured them that the airplane is already over the San Francisco Bay passen your seat belt please already Sue and Bob are surprised wasn't this a quick flight below they can see the city where their new home will be Sue and Bob can scarcely wait to see their parents and here is the airport slowly and carefully their jet approaches The Landing field and soon the wheels touch the runway in San Francisco the ground control officer directs the plane to its proper gate bye Susie and Bob you've been wonderful passengers out go Bob and Sue running to meet their parents and here comes Miss morray with Skippy Bob and Sue can't wait to tell their parents all about their first jet airplane trip now they understand better why people say we live in a jet age