AVIATION: Capital Buys

Capital Airlines' President J. H. ("Slim") Carmichael flew into London to make a deal that revved up the British aircraft industry's sorely tried pride. Last week he ordered 15 more Vickers Viscount turboprop airliners (for $18 million), giving him a total order of 75, of which he has already received 29, all now in service on Capital's routes. Said Carmichael: "There has never been an airplane that has operated with greater dependability than the Viscount. The public likes Viscounts and we like them."

Capital bought the Viscounts in 1954 because it had to have planes that could match the big,...

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