Abstract :
With an attendance of 382 engineers from all parts of the United States, the AIEE Aircraft Technical Conference was held in Seattle, Wash., September 30-October 3, at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel. A feature of the meeting was the inspection trips to the Boeing Airplane Company and Ault Field. On the latter tour, most of those attending took a trip on a DE Destroyer Escort ship. However, 40 of the aircraft engineers took advantage of transportation on a Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter provided by the Air Force