The Airport Story of the Year, INTERNATIONALS WIN AT WASHINGTON! 24 International Diesl TracTracTors Speed Completion of Washington National Airport. All eyes center on the heart of the republic in this critical time. National Defense is the theme of the hour. In sight of the capitol dome, ten minutes away, a great symbol of the defense program takes final form. America’s largest airport and terminal, a 720-acre, nearly half of which was raised from the Potomac River, prepares to serve the air traffic of the nation’s capital. Month after month and 24 hours a day, International crawler tractors have carried this great project toward completion. Early in 1939, one of the powerful TD-18 Diesel TracTracTors joined other tractors at work on the airport site. A stand-out from the start, the TD-18 was soon called “The Flagship of the Crawler Fleet.” Last June the International TD-18 fleet, by then numbering 24, owned by five contractors, began the later stages of earth handling on the vast area. ….. 1940 International Harvester Company Ad, A5803. 19401202
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