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2. Air ferry - Wikipedia

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   Bristol 170 Freighter 32 of Silver City Airways loading a car at Southampton in 1954 Aer Lingus Aviation Traders Carvair in 1965. An air ferry is a ferry service in which cars and passengers are transported by aircraft. Use of air ferries peaked in the 1950s, but the advent of more economical alternative modes of transport in the 1960s resulted ...

3. List of official vehicles of the president of the United ...

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   Aircraft used as the primary presidential aircraft: Sacred Cow, VC-54C used by presidents Roosevelt and Truman from 1945 to 1947. Independence, VC-118 (46-0505) used by presidents Truman and Eisenhower from July 1947 to May 1953. Used as a VIP transport from 1953 until retired in 1965.

4. Transportation in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The vast majority of passenger travel in the United States occurs by automobile for shorter distances and airplane or railroad for longer distances. Most cargo in the U.S. is transported by, in descending order, railroad, truck, pipeline, or boat; air shipping is typically used only for perishables and premium express shipments.

5. Air transports of heads of state and government - Wikipedia

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   The history of VIP transport in Pakistan dates back to August 1947, when an ex-British Imperial Air Force Vickers VC.1 Viking was acquired to serve as the official transport aircraft for the Governor-General of Pakistan. This aircraft is considered as the first to use the call sign reserved for an aircraft flying Pakistan's head of state or ...

6. List of international auto shipping companies - Wikipedia

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7. British United Air Ferries - Wikipedia

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   British United Air Ferries (BUAF) was a wholly private, British independent [nb 1] car and passenger ferry airline based in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. It specialised in cross-Channel ferry flights carrying cars and their owners between its numerous bases in Southern England, the Channel Islands and Continental Europe.