Clipper, Vol. 14, No. 12, December 1955

              Pan American Wohlo Airways
Volume 14
DECEMBER, 1955
No. 12
Scholarships Available To
Coemps’ Sons
Atlantic Division personnel are reminded of the fact that scholarships to Yale University are available to sons of PAA employees.
A Howard B. Dean Memorial Scholarship, amounting to $600, is available to some boy entering Yale University in the fall of 1956. The scholarship is awarded every other year, in memory of Howard B. Dean, former administrative vice president of PAA who died on March 21, 1950.
A student to whom the scholarship is awarded for the freshman year in 1956 will be entitled to a renewal of the award in each of the three remaining years, provided average scholastic standing and satisfactory conduct are maintained.
Financial Need
Recipients of the scholarship will be expected to give evidence of their financial need by meeting a reasonable part of their expenses through part-time employment at the university.
The selection of candidates for these scholarships will be made by the Committee on Scholarships at Yale, after the candidate has been certified by the Board of Admissions. PAA is not involved in the selection.
Prospective candidates for the Howard B. Dean Memorial Scholarships are urged to acquaint (Continued on Page 2)
Airline Safety Reduces Coemps’ Insurance Rate
Life insurance, at standard rates, is now being offered to pilots and crew members of scheduled airlines, as well as to many private pilots, it was announced last month by Connecticut General Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut.
“Our decision reflects the continuing statistical study of the safety of air travel that we have maintained since the early days of flying, and our faith in the continued improvement of air safety,” said Frazar B. Wilde, president of Connecticut General.
“Today, the safety record is so satisfactory that it is possible for us to extend life insurance to men and women who fly on the scheduled airlines as a profession, on the same terms as we do to any other occupational group.”
Connecticut General was the first company to offer insurance to those who fly, when, in 1926, it insured airline passengers.
It became the first insurance company to write insurance on the employees of an airline, first with Western Air Lines (in 1930) and then with United Airlines.
Today, it insures personnel of more than 30 air transportation firms, as well as many aviation manufacturers, flying schools and allied businesses.
The standard rates will apply to pilots and crew members of United States airlines which have (Continued on Page 2)
Vice President Priester Dies; Had Been With PAA 28 Years
Vice President Andre A. Priester, recognized as one of the world’s outstanding air transportation engineers, died in Paris on November 28 at the age of 64, after 28 years of ---------------------"^service with the company.
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Passengers Get “The Bird” -Two Tons Of It
With an estimated 9,000 hungry guests to entertain at holiday dinners, Pan American chefs around the world have ordered more than two tons of roast turkey for inflight meals on Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Besides the turkey, Pan American’s market basket will be crammed with candied yams, cranberry sai (ce, pumpkin cobbler, broccoli, p'um pudding hard sauce, coupe nesselrode, consomme with cheese sticks, mushroom soup and fresh green baby limas.
Before, during and after the holiday spread, stewards will stand by with ample supplies of martinis, manhattans, wine, and egg nog.
For earthbound chefs on the two (Continued on Page 2)
New Record Set For Cargo Haul During October
A record was set by Pan American in October when 736,912 pounds of cargo were flown between the United States and Europe. The figure represents an increase of 44 per cent over the corresponding period last year.
The 10-month totals for Pan American’s transatlantic cargo service were 5,436,912 pounds, an increase over last year of 43 per cent.
Vice President Willis G. Lipscomb attributed the rise to the recent reduction of cargo rates between the United States and Europe and the continuing expansion of European industry.
On August 15, the transatlantic cargo rates were cut an average of 20 per cent with some commodities being slashed as much as 57 per cent.
The largest carrier of air freight between the two continents, Pan American operates a fleet of allcargo Clippers which leave Idle-wild Airport every morning of the week except Monday.
Cargo is also carried on 98 com-(Continued on Page 2)
A perfectionist in his search both for continually improved transport airplanes and methods of operating them, Mr. Priester for years presented plane designers and engine manufacturers with programs for increased safety and efficiency.
Both in his own company and in the airline industry he stood for Safety First, and to this end insisted upon a high standard of technical training for flight and ground personnel, and good housekeeping in working areas.
He successfully urged that the position of airline captain be surrounded with the training, dignity and authority required for command aloft.
Joined PAA In 1927 Mr. Priester, who joined Pan American in 1927, before the company made its first flight from Key West to Havana, was responsible throughout the earlier years for the technical direction of the company’s operations, as well as for technical advice in connection with the selection and development of new flight equipment.
He played a leading part in the development of many commercial air transports, from the Fokker F-7 and F-10, the Ford Tri-motor, and the Sikorsky S-38, to the Boeing Stratocruiser. More recently he had been concerned with the technical aspects of jet transport development.
Fostered Developments Over the years Mr. Priester fostered many of the outstanding technical developments in civil aviation, such as four-engine aircraft, more efficient power plants and fuel, radio communications and navigating aids, and long range cruising techniques for over-ocean flight.
He was equally interested ’in superior service to airline passengers and helped pioneer the first use of cabin attendants.
Born in Krian in the Netherlands East Indies, on September 29, 1891, he attended schools there and in Holland. He also attended the Polytechnic Institute of Zurich, Switzerland.
World War I Service He served with the Royal Neth-(Continued on Page 3)
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Berlin 		
Calcutta 		
Dakar 		
Flight Personnel 	 Frankfurt Hamburg	 Lisbon 		
London 		
Munich 		
New York 	 Paris		
People Talking 		 Roberts Field .	
Shannon 			
Stuttgart 		
ANDRE A. PRIESTER
At Clipper press-time, Pan American World Airways had completed 52,919 Transatlantic crossings
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