Clipper, Vol. 13, No. 6, June 1954

              Pan American World Airways
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ATLANTIC DIVISION
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Volume 13
JUNE, 1954
No. 6
Nothing’s Better Than “President Special/’
Says Editor Of American Aviation Magazine
When someone says that your service is “good,” there’s still a question—how good? But there can be no question about the rating given to Pan American’s President Special by Wawne W. Parrish, editor and publisher of American Aviation Magazine. And he’s tried all the better services. He knows! And he was so enthusiastic, after flying The Special, that he devoted the greater part of his “En Route” column (May 10 issue) to praise for PAA. Following is the part of his column which had to do with
yourairline	—HAS MERIT
The Atlantic Division Clipper has merit. At least that was the opinion of judges in a recent
President Special
This time we chose Pan-American’s once-weekly President Special nonstop from New York to Paris. Having tried out Air France’s de luxe Golden Parisian and having enjoyed the first class services of SAS’s Royal Viking, TWA, Swissair, and' BOAC, I wanted to see what this de luxe PAA Stratocruiser service was like.
“I found out. There isn’t anything better. For this once-weekly Special, PAA charges $25 extra fare per person. Berths are $35 each. But there are two staterooms available in the forward compartment, providing privacy, for $125 each. My wife and I were given the use of one of the staterooms for take-off and through the dinner hour, but other passengers had taken the compartment, for sleeping and we had upper berths in the rear.
“As I’ve written before, the air-pianb cannot compete with a steamship for truly de luxe travel, simply because of the physical limitations of the vehicle. But it is amazing how much can be done to provide first class comfort on blue ribbon flights, providing there are enough passengers willing to pay the necessary increased fares.
“PAA added the two staterooms with some misgivings, I’m told, (Continued on Page 3)
Chicago/Europe Service Upped To 3 Per Week
A once-weekly service from Chicago and Detroit, in operation since April 30, is being increased this month to three flights weekly to Europe from the mid-western cities.
On Tuesday, June 1, Pan American inaugurated the first direct service to northern Germany and Scandinavia from Chicago and Detroit.
And on June 5, Pan American increases its present CHI-SNN-LON service with an additional flight which will terminate in Frankfurt.
The new northern Germany and Scandinavia flight departs from Chicago at 3 p.m. on Tuesdays (5 p.m. from Detroit); stops at Prestwick, Hamburg and Copenhagen, and arrives in Stockholm the following day.
The added service to London departs from Chicago at 3 p.m. on Sundays, stops at Shannon and arrives in London and Frankfurt the following day.
The previous service departs from the mid-western cities each Friday. All schedules are operated with Super-Six Clippers. All are low-fare, Rainbow flights.
contest sponsored by the International Council of Industrial Editors. They have awarded a certificate of merit to The Clipper, “in recognition of exceptional accomplishment in achievement of purpose, excellence of editorial content and effectiveness of design.”
A complete story concerning the award will be included in the next issue of The Clipper.
Pan American To Pay Twenty-Gent Dividend
Pan American’s board of directors has declared a dividend of 20 cents per share, payable on June 18 to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 28.
This will be the 38th dividend to be paid by Pan American. Dividend payments have been made each year since 1941.
First Picnic Is Scheduled For June 26
Eats, drinks, softball and other games will be features of an Atlantic Division picnic to be held at the Beth Page State Park on Saturday, June 26.
This is the first affair of this kind (at least in recent years) to be sponsored by the Pan Am Club.
But if successful this year, it may become an annual event for AD employees and their friend's and families.
The date set for the picnic is still “tentative” as The Clipper goes to press. And if weather causes postponement, it will be held some time in Jitfyri&iipioy-eer will be advised of any changes in (Continued on Page 2)
OUR PEOPLE
By GRAHAM HUNTER
THAT <3O0P OLP AMERICAN
CUSTOM— THE FAMILY PICNIC !


Beth Page State Park has been selected as the site for the Atlantic Division’s picnic, to be held on June 26, unless advised to the contrary by a Pan Am Club bulletin. Tickets are now available. See your Pan Am Club representative.
First Of Three DC-6A$ Goes Into Service July 1
GOOD START
As The Clipper went to press, incomplete returns indicated that $2,781 had been collected in the Atlantic Division’s campaign for the Greater New York Fund. Last year, AD employees contributed $8,158.77 to the fund.
Blood Drive At Idlewild On June 11th
On Friday, June 11, an American Red Cross bloodmobile unit will roll up to Hangar 4 at Idlewild. It will be there from 12:30 to 5 p.m.. to accept blood donations from employees who volunteer.
The Pan Am Club’s blood bank is again in need of replenishment. And any employee, between the ages, of 18 and 59, who is in good health and physically acceptable by the Red Cross physician in attendance, will be eligible to donate.
However, donations will be postponed if the volunteer has had any of the following: A recent illness or operation; malaria or antimalaria therapy with one year; infectious jaundice; certain recent immunizations.
Who May Not Give
Any employee having a positivé history on any of the following will not be accepted as a donor, unless approved by the physician in (Continued on Page 12)
Newsreel Puts AD Personnel In Prominance
A “Pan American Report,” a 20-minute newsreel about PAA, has been produced and will be seen by all 15,000 employees of the company in the near future.-
The film is a “visual history” which presents significant recent developments within the company. It dramatically shows who and what make the airline “tick.”
It is expected that similar films will be produced four times yearly and that each will have an ultimate audience of about five million people.
According to present plans, the film will be shown before meetings of the stockholders, at meetings of the company’s board of directors and at management club meetings.
For Company Groups
The films will also be used as a part of the employee training programs. It will be shown at pilot group meetings and is expected to (Continued on Page 12)
Largest Cargo Capacity For Atlantic Run
The first of three, new 300-miles-per-hour DC 6A’s will be put into scheduled all-cargo services across the north Atlantic by Pan American on July 1, it has been announced.
Capable of transporting up to 26,000 pounds of freight—the only planes with such cargo capacity in transatlantic service — the new Clippers will be operated on a twice weekly schedule, directly between New York, Shannon, London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
The freighters are fully pressurized and are equipped with automatic temperature and humidity controls which operate on the ground as well as in flight.
These special features, according to Vice President Lipscmob. sim_ure plify the iongTristafTce caTrTase'Tji— livestock, vegetables, fruits and other perishable foodstuffs, delicate flowers, pharmaceuticals, and other commodities where temperature and pressure are factors.
Bigger Than Freight Cars
Gross cargo space of 5,000 cubic feet in the DC-6A exceeds that of the average railway freight car, and the transport is equipped with two outsize cargo doors located fore and aft in the fuselage.
Main cargo door measures 10 (Continued on Page 2)
In This Issue
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Amman 				11
Barcelona 				 6
Berlin 				 9
Bermuda 				 10
Boston 				10
Brussels 				 9
Cairo 				11
Calcutta 				11
Copenhagen 				10
Damascus 				11
Duesseldorf 				 9
Emblem Awards 				10
Flight Personnel				 7
Frankfurt 				 9
Gander 	i			10
Hamburg 				 9
Helsinki 			.9, 10
Istanbul 				11
Johannesburg 				 6
Karachi			11
Keflavik 				...10
Leopoldville 				 6
Lisbon 				 6
London 				 8
Munich 				 9
New York 				4, 5
Oslo			10
People Talking 				 2
Paris			 4
Rome 				10
Shannon 				 4
Washington 				 4
		
At Clipper press-time, Pan American World Airways had completed 45,156 Transatlantic crossings

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