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Old Jul 9, 2020 | 5:47 pm
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Originally Posted by AndyPatterson
Google comes up with this -- but it was a Pan Am 707 that Mrs Eisenhower launched at DCA! Don't know why I remembered it as "Sabena" ...
https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=531019
http://www.aircargonews.com/FT11/B707PanAmlaunch.jpg
which was then ferried to Baltimore before passengers boarded the flight... if you read the airliners dot net thread

For what it's worth, Churchill arrived at DCA on a BOAC Stratocruiser. Possibly a refueling stop at Gander or somewhere else in the maritime provinces, though.
https://www.criticalpast.com/video/6...-Stratocruiser
The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a 4-engined prop airliner derived from the B29, and yes , likely via Gander.
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