The Israeli-built jet plane “Commodore” has been renamed “Westwind” and in a demonstration flight on Feb. 4 spanned the 2257 statute miles from Los Angeles to Savannah, Ga. in exactly four hours. Officials of Atlantic Aviation Corp. of Wilmington, Del., which is North American sales agent for the ten-seater business jet, disclosed this at a news conference today attended by a dozen representatives of the most prestigious American aviation publications and high American government aviation specialists.
In addition to the transcontinental flight, the “Westwind” has been flown non-stop from Belem, Brazil to San Junn, Puerto Rico, and from San Juan to New York City. The “Westwind” is manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd.
William Patrick, Atlantic Aviation’s president, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that his company selected the plane last Oct. because it had “great quality for the money.” He said, “We looked for the best aircraft and found it in Israel.” Atlantic, founded in 1928, is one of the world’s largest distributors of business jet aircraft.
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