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AND CONTROL RESPONSE) OF THE AIRCRAFT. IN ADDITION TO CURRENT OPERATING REQUIREMENTS IN THIS AREA, WE WERE, OF COURSE, CONCERNED WITH THE IMMINENCE OF BEING IN A POSITION TO CONDUCT ALL-WEATHER INSTRUMENT OPERATIONS UNDER CONTROLLED AIR TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. "HANDS-OFF" LONGITUDINAL AND LATERAL STABILITY THROUGHOUT THE SPEED RANGE WAS NOTED AND COMMENTED UPON BY OUR PILOTS. INDEED, THE PEOPLE WHO FLEW THE BOEING-VERTOL 107 FOUND NO CONTROL LIMITATIONS DURING FLIGHT AT HIGH SPEED NEAR BLADE STALL.

WE EXPECT TO START OUT NEXT SPRING WITH AN INITIAL FLEET OF FIVE BOEING-VERTOL 107'S, AND FROM THEREON, INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE FLEET AS REQUIRED. THE RATE OF THE BUILDUP WILL, OF COURSE, DEPEND PRIMARILY ON THE CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES, BUT, WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT CONSIDERABLE EFFORT WILL BE REQUIRED FROM OUR TRAFFIC AND SALES PERSONNEL, WE HAVE NO DOUBTS ON THAT POINT.

TODAY, WE ARE CONDUCTING OPERATIONS WITH FIVE FIFTEEN-PASSENGER)