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It looks like the F-111 warplane is going
to be grounded for a long time.
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A spokesman for General Dynamics said the grounded F-111 will not resume flying for at least four months. Dr. George E. Mueller, a vice president of General Dynamics said that new inspectio-O procedures still to be approved by the Pentagon will keep the planes grounded until mid 1970. Mueller said then the new procedures are implemented the planes should be proof tested at a rate of three planes a day at each of the
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.).[News Script: F-111s need inspections],
script,
January 30, 1970, 12:00 p.m.;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1267068/m1/1/:
accessed July 16, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.