Evening star., 1954-09-14
The Presidents New Anpone Gorgeous" Soys Niece
Relatives Take
A Triul Run
On New Plane
BY lsobelIe Shelton

Simply wonderful!"
That was the reaction Of
Mamie Moore, 12-year-old niece
and namesake Of Mamie Eisen-
hover, as she alighted from
President Eisenhower's new air
plane yesterday afternoon at the
MATS terminal here.
"It's just the most wonderful,
beautiful thing you eyer saw"
Mamie's 13-year-old sister. FL
len chimed in ecstatically.
"And we don't have to wear
green any more when we fly in
it, because it has green seat COW
ers," young Mamie bubbled hap
PLY"
That's just q superstition in
our family" her older sister ex-
planned. "You always wear
something green when you fly
to keep the plane from crash
ing"
"They gave us wonderful food
chicken and turkey sandwiches
and everything" continued d
Mamie. And it isn't nearly as
noisy as the Columbine."
Their mother, Mrs. George
Gordon Moore, added that the
plane interior was finished in
natural wood paneling and a
soft. restful shade Of greyed
green, and that there was q
dressing room furnished in deli
cate pink.
The new plane is air condi-
toned, as is the Columbine.
On the outside, the huge new
triple-tailed plane-which is Is
feet longer than the Columbine
looks like FURNISHED silver. It
has not been painted. and it's
still-new. aluminium cleaned
brightly in the late afternoon
sun as it set down yesterday at
MATS terminal at three minutes
before S o'clock.
The only markings on it are
UNITED States Air Force"
printed in large black letters
across the side, an Air Force 1
star on a broad red, white and
blue stripe and the numbers
$685."
Denver Voeotion
The Moores were returning
here from Denver, where they go
each summer to visit Mrs. John
S. Doud, the mother of Mrs.
Moore and Mrs. Eisenhower. The
three were met at the airport
by Mr.. Moore, their son, Michael
Gill and the latter's wife.
Mrs. Moore said they had ex-
pected to come back on the pres
ent Presidential plane. the Col
umbine, but substitution of the
brand new ship was last min
ute surprise"
President Eisenhower came
down to see them off in Denver.
and himself inspected the plane
for the first time.
I'VE thought 1t was SUPER" re-
ported little Mamie.
The Moores were in the first |
group of passengers to ride on
the new ship, a Lockheed Super
Constellation considerably larger
than the Columbine. The re-
mainder of the Is passengers
were White House staff people
or members of their families.
1t. Col. William G. Draper, the
Presidents Air Force aide and
pilot, explained that there will
be several more such ttest runs"
before the plane is used to trans
port the President.
200 Hours Of Tests
Air Force regulations require
that he fly it for 200 hours under
all conditions - long range,
short range, high and low alti-
tudes-before it is formally &C
cepted by the Air Force to be-
come the new presidential plane,
he SalQ.
At the end of yesterdays trip
he had flown 81 of the required
200 hours, he said. He estimated
it would take another six weeks
to pile up the additionl hours
and put the plane through the
various inspections required. The
flying will be between Washing
ton, Denver and Burbank, Calf,
where the plane was built, he
said. The plane will be here for
the next week.
There will be formal accept
ance" ceremony-probably in
Washington-and the plane will
be given a name.
mi T. l.