Clipper, Vol. 12, No. 2, February 1953

              Pa/v. American World Airways
ATLANTIC DIVISION
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Volume 12
February, 1953
Number 2
Four Suggestions Pay Off S4I0; London Foreman Gets Top Award
The Employees’ Suggestion System Committee, during the past month, voted $410 to be awarded to four employees who submitted suggestions. The top award of $250 went to Peter C. Dunstan, maintenance foreman in London. Another high award, $1$5, went to Nat ale Valuri, a mechanic at Idlewild.
Dunstan’s suggestion was to adapt the company’s DC-4, based in London for transporting essential spares throughout Europe and the Middle East, so that a completely assembled propeller unit could be carried.
It was the previous practice to disassemble propellers when needed by emergency engine-change crews for replacement on aircraft at line stations; then they were transported to the required station where they would be re-assembled.
Many Hours Saved
The former ope ration took three ~or four mechanics anywhere from six to eight hours to complete and it was also estimated that approximately six scheduled aircraft hours could be saved with the suggested modification.
According to Dunstan’s suggestion, a three-sided pedestal has been installed inside the DC-4 to support the propeller. The starboard rear window has been removed and an aluminum sheet inserted. A slit has been cut in the sheet to take one of the two propeller blades which extend beyond the Width of the aircraft. The other, blade protrudes through a specially-designed slit, cut in the rear loading door.
When installed, propellers for the double-decked Strato-Clipper extend 33 inches on either side of the DC-4 fuselage. Super six Clipper props extend 10 inches on one side only. A recent test of the DC-4 carrying a Strato Clipper (Continued on Page 2)
Mrs. Ann Archibald
An Assistant V.P., Dies In Washington
Mrs. Ann M. Archibald, an assistant vice preident of Pan American with headquarters in Washington, died on January 17 at Georgetown Hospital after a short illness. She was 56 years: of age.
A native of Boston, Mrs. Archibald was a graduate of Simmons College, Boston, and joined Pan American in 1929, three years after her Marine aviator husband, Captain Robert J. Archibald, was killed in a crash in Nicaragua.
In 1947 Mrs. Archibald received a Navy certificate of merit for her work with the airline during the war. She also received the Portuguese Ancient and Noble Order of Christ for her accomplishments for that country during the war.
Burial was in Arlington National Cemetery, beside her husband.
PETER C. DUNSTAN
Fast Schedule
: Panagra (Pan American-Grace Airways) has been awarded the Frye Trophy for operating the fastest U. S. commercial passenger flight on a regularly scheduled service.	.
Established to foster, the supremacy of U. S.-built passenger transport aircraft and to- encourage faster and more efficient service; the first award of- the Frye Trophy went to Panagra’s El Inter Americano Fiesta Lounge flight between Miami and Buenos Aires, via Pan American World Airways and Panagra.
This Douglas DC-6 luxury plane, which gets its name from the lounge located amidships, maintains a regular flight schedule of 16 hours and 15 minutes flying time for its two-stop schedule over a 4,587 mile route.
The trophy was presented by Jack Frye, a pioneer in commercial (Continued on Page 2)
Super-Six Service To S.A. Is Started On January First
Pan American inaugurated Super-Six service to South America on January 1, from New York down the . east coast of South America to Rio, Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
This- Super-Six Clipper service (Flights 201/202) is faster than ever before, reducing the elapsed time from New York to Buenos Aires by one and a half hours.
The service is first class with the following features: 56 seats, five berths (all uppers), excellent meals with wine at luncheon and dinner, liquor service at moderate prices and breakfast cooked to order. There are two cabin attendants on these flights.
Initial Session of Sustained Training Program Is Held By Atlantic Division
Intra-European Tourist Service Planned By PAA
Pan American has announced that, subject to government approval, tourist fares up to 25 per cent lower than standard fares will be inaugurated on April 1 within Europe, as well as between European cities and the Middle East.
Similar tourist services, it was stated, will be inaugurated to Pakistan, India and Ceylon effective October 1. By 1954 Pan American expects to extend its tourist services to the Far East, across the Pacific and around the world.
Examples of the intra-European tourist fares Pan American is planning to put into effect beginning April 1 are: A round-trip fare of $90.30 between Paris and Rome, a saving of $30.70, and a $75.40 round-trip fare between London and Frankfurt, a saving of $10.90.
From London to Beirut the round-trip tourist fare will be $347.80, compared to $433.50, the present first-class fare.
To Idlewild
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who served until recently as assistant Regional operations manager in the Central European Region, has been appointed as station manager at Idlewild, succeeding John Eckert who has resigned from the company.	-
Line Maintenance Personnel To Get Instruction On DC-6
Line maintenance personnel in 31 of Pan American World Airways’ stations throughout the world will receive on-the-spot instruction and familiarization with latest type flight instruments and controls, in a unique customer service program announced by Sperry Gyroscope Company.
Two Sperry field service engi- f>-neers left New York January 8 on
four to six-month trips to Atlantic Division Pan Am stations. At each station they will hold formal classroom and on-the-job instruction for airline line maintenance personnel.
The field engineers, Marty Felix and Ben Rowe, will familiarize selected station people with Sperry (Continued on Page 2)
President Trippe Named Yale Corporation Fellow
The Successors of Yale’s Original Trustees have elected Juan T. Trippe* president of Pan American, as a fellow of the Yale Corporation, according .to an announcement made by A. Whitney Griswold, president of Yale University.
Mr. Trippe was first elected to the corporation in.June, 1949, as an alumni fellow. He succeeds the late Dr. Lewis Hill Weed, of Reading, Pennsylvania, who died on December 21.
Mr. Trippe, a Navy pilot in World War I, was graduated from the Yale Sheffield Scientific School in 1920. He received an honorary Master of Arts degree in 1937 from Yale, in recognition of his distinguished contributions to aviation.
Saigon Is Added To PAA Network
Another country was added to the world-wide network of Pan American on January 9—Saigon, Indo-China. The country will be served by the weekly DC-4 Sleeperette Clipper (Flights 833/834), connecting at Manila with transpacific “President” service.
Saigon is the capital city of the Kingdom of ^Vietnam which, together with the territories and autonomous states of Laos and Cambodia, comprise Indo-China. Actually there are twin cities, Saigon and Cholon, with a combined popu* lation of 1,500,000, constituting the commercial center of Indo-China.
Saigon is one of the most attractive cities in the Orient, characterized by a combination of French and Oiental cultures and tastes. It has many fine buildings and wide tree-lined boulevards, and sidewalk cafes serving excellent food and wines in the French tradition. The Majestic Hotel is new and modern and, like good hotels everywhere, busy.
Cholon is the Chinese city and commerce center, with the Usual tourist appeal of the Orient. Tourists will like “The Great World,” a large gambling house.
Ricci Is Given Responsibility For New School
The first session of the Division’s traffic and sales training school got under way on January 19 at the Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge, Surrey, on the outskirts of London.
Utilizing both visual aids and present manuals, the first session was devoted to reservations and sales. As a part of a sustained training program, each session will be of three weeks duration. Other sessions in the near future will be devoted to airport traffic and cargo traffic.
Responsibility for establishing the Division’s traffic and sales training school was vested 'In Joseph ~ TiT Ricci, Division superintendent of traffic and sales training.
It is also Mr. Ricci's responsibility to supervise the implementation of the System’s sales attitude training program, the first feature of which is the film, New Horizons, which has been shown at Atlantic Division stations in recent months.
System Program, Too
Also included in the System’s sales attitude training program are additional movies, film slides, records, role-placing scripts and flannel boards. Details of this training program were brought to the attention of the traffic and sales managers who attended the conference in Rome last month. At that time the program for training trainers to activate the program in each district was discussed.
Each class in the Division’s training school, now in session, contains approximately 25 “stu-(Continued on Page 2)
In This Issue
Antwerp ...................  3
Barcelona ................. 3
Basra .................... 10
Beirut .....................10
Calcutta ...............   10
Dakar ...................  ,12
Duesseldorf .............11,12
Flight Service............. 5
Frankfurt .................11
Istanbul ..................10^
Johannesburg ............   3
Karachi .................  10
Lisbon .................... 3
London ................  6,	7
New York..................4,	5
Nice ...................... 9
Paris .................. 8,	9
People Talking ............. 2
Sports .................... 9
Stuttgart'..............11,12
System Roundup ............12
Washington................  2
At Clipper press-time, Pan American World
had completed 40,940 transatlantic crossings.
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