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Eastern Airlines Inaugural Flight to the Bahamas

Bahamas News Bureau description for this photograph reads: "An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 Whisperjet is pictured at Nassau International following the airlines' inaugural Nassau flight, Jan. 20. The Royal Bahamas Police Force Band provided music for the historic occasion. Mr. Arthur D. Lewis, Eastern's senior vice president and general manager, topped the list of Eastern officials and dignitaries from the U.S. who were on the inaugural flight." The date is believed to be 1967. Charles S.

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia at Airport

President Harry S. Truman's airplane, The Sacred Cow, sits outside the window of the Air Transport Command Terminal at the Washington National Airport. Standing in front of the window are: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Saud al-Saud of Saudi Arabia (right), General Harry Vaughan (next to Prince), Admiral James Foskett (right of General), and Henry Myers (left). All others are unidentified.