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VOL XVII, No. 7
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AUGUST 1960
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Pacific Route Honduras Honors Morrison for Service Changes Urged To Civil Aviation in Latin America
Jet Service Inaugurated
Nonstop Flights Daily to Caracas
Daily nonstop flights in each direction between New York and Caracas are now offered by Pan American.
Giant jetliners, departing New York on Fridays and Sundays, make the 2,173-mile trip in 4 hours, 40 minutes. On other days DC-7B type Clippers make the trip in 7 hours, 30 minutes. On northbound flights, the jetliners operate on Monday and Saturday and the piston-engine planes on other days.
For Pan Am
Major Assignments For Airline Cited By CAB Examiner
In an important step toward gearing the United States international air route pattern to the requirements of the Jet Age, Civil Aeronautics Board Examiner William J. Madden has recommended a large scale modernization of Pacific and Orient services with major route assignments for Pan American.
Board Must Approve
The recommendations must still be considered and approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board and later by the President of the United States.
Mr. Madden's findings climax a sweeping review of U. S.-flag service across the Pacific begun by the CAB in the spring of 1959 at the request of President Eisenhower who termed this study “essential to our foreign policy.”
The examiner’s report to the CAB urged:
Report of Examiner
1.	That Pan Am be allowed to fly to the Orient via the Great Circle route from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore-Washington, Detroit and Chicago.
2.	That Pan Am be certificated to operate to the Orient from Portland and Seattle as well as from San Francisco and Los Angeles
3.	That Pan Am provide direct service between Hawaii and the East Coast and Midwest co-terminals.
4.	That Pan Am’s South Pacific route be extended beyond Sydney, Australia, to Djakarta, Indonesia, and Singapore.
5.	That Pan Am be permitted to use Fairbanks, Alaska, as an inter-
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Jets Serving Three Far East Cities
Singapore, Saigon, and Jakarta were linked to the United States, by overnight flights from Los Angeles when Pan American World Airways inaugurated Jet Clipper service to Singapore, Saigon, and Jakarta.
In recognition of his many contributions to air transportation in the Americas over the past 33 years, Wilbur L. Morrison of Pan American World Airways was awarded the Gold Medal of the Order of Merit by the Republic of Honduras.
Honduras is the seventh government to confer a decoration on Morrison, executive vice president in charge of the airline’s Latin American Division, for his leadership in Latin American civil aviation as well as hemisphere goodwill.
Represented President
Juan Milla Bermudez, Honduras’ minister of communications and public works, flew from Tegucigalpa to Miami to make the award to Morrison, in behalf of President Ramon Villeda Morales.
The ceremony took place in El Centro de las Americas at the McAllister hotel.
Morrison has been lauded by Honduran officials both for his efforts in the development of the country’s international aviation as well as his contributions to developing its domestic air network.
Gave Technical Aid
In 1945, when Honduras organized its national airline, SAHSA, Pan American lent its help in the form of technical advice and services during the early period. Over the years, Pan Am has cooperated closely with SAHSA as the Honduras flag carrier expanded its operations.
Morrison previously has been
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Wilbur L. Morrison, right, receives the Gold Medal of the Order of Merit, conferred by the Republic of Honduras, and presented by Juan Milla Bermudez, Honduran minister of communications and public works. The ceremony was in Miami.
Merit, the Nicaraguan Distinguished Service Cross, the Dominican Republic’s Order of Merit, and the Cuban Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Civil Aviation.
awarded Panama’s rank of Grand Officer of the National Order of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the Guatemalan Gold Medal of Merit, the Haitian Order of Honor and
Fourth Title in Five Years
Clippers Win Championship In City Little League Loop
With another Central League championship wrapped up, Pan American’s Little Major League Clippers have begun tuning up for post-season exhibition games in Bar-
ranquilla and San Juan.
The Clippers annexed their fourth championship in five years by finishing their regular schedule in the Miami City Central League with 15 games won and one lost. Their nearest rival was the Roberts Drug Store team with 13 won and three lost.
The Pan Am Jets, also in the <j>Central League, finished the sea-
son with seven games won and nine lost.
Picked For All-Stars
At the conclusion of the regular season, eight members of the Clippers and Jets were picked for the Central League All-Star team.
The Clippers are scheduled to fly to Barranquilla, Colombia, to
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New Low Fare To Bahamas
A $23 round trip, 15-day excursion fare between Miami and Nassau is being introduced by Pan American beginning September 6.
At the same time the airline is offering a new low cost round trip tourist fare without time limit at $33. One-way ticket will be $18.
Both fares will be available all year and both are subject to the approval of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB).
Travel on the $23 excursion must be on flights scheduled to depart not later than 10 A.M. However, should passengers desire to travel in one direction on a flight departing at 10 A.M. or earlier and in the other direction on a flight departing later than 10 A.M., the excursion fare will be $28.
The $33 tourist round trip provides for travel on all flights.
Pan American operates six flights daily between Miami and the Bahamas.
WINNERS, STILL CHAMPS—The Pan Am Clippers, left to right, back row. Charles J. Lunn, director; Bryant H. Melton, Jan A. Spaeth, Bill C. Noennich, Bill K. Feeney,- Donald A. Berry, Arthur (Sonny) Serra, manager. Front, James A. Fuentes, Billy J. McKinney, John M. Cowart, Robert T. Berry, Dick R. Gonzalez, Russell S. Kuntzman, Edward L. Nienaber, Ted P. Hendricks. Seated in front, Wally A. Bithorn, bat boy.
AWARD FOR PROGRESS
The University Transportation Society, an organization dedicated to the advancement of transportation, presented its annual Achievement Award to Pan American World Airways “in appreciation of valuable contributions to air transport progress.” Admiral H. B. Miller, Director of Public Relations, System, accepted the award on behalf of President Trippe.
N.Y. to Rio
Intercontinental Cuts Flight Time By Eight Hours
Jet service from New York to Rio de Janeiro has been inaugurated by Pan American World Airways.
Giant Boeing Intercontinentals made the 4,872-mile trip in 9 hours, 45 minutes flying time, with a 45 minute stop at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
The 121-passenger jets, slicing almost eight hours from the fastest piston-engine plane time, will make four trips a week between the two great cities of the Americas.
Merge At Rio de Janeiro
New York to Rio flights will be on Wednesdays and Saturdays, return trips on Thursdays, and Sundays.
At Rio the jet flights merge with Pan Am’s DC-7B service to Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest industrial city, and to Montevideo, Uruguay, and Buenos Aires.
Speed Marks Set By Jet Clipper On Hop to Rio
Two jet speed records are claimed by Pan American World Airways in inaugurating service from New York to Rio by way of Port of Spain, Trinidad.
With Captain Robert M. Weeks in command, a Boeing Intercontinental on the initial flight sped 2,266 miles from New York to Trinidad in 4 hours to beat scheduled time by 30 minutes, then covered the 2,606 miles from Trinidad to Rio in 4 hours, 49 minutes, trimming another 26 minutes from scheduled air time.
Travel around South America— down one coast and up the other is made easy by the new jets to Rio which fly the long trip over the Atlantic and the Brazilian interior in less than half a day.
Fly Over Andes
From Buenos Aires, Pan Am System planes fly over the Andes to Santiago, Chile, then up the west coast to Lima, Peru, and Panama, to Miami.
All flights offer both first class and tourist service.
Pan Am introduced jetliner flights to Brazil June 7 with nonstop flights from New York to Brasilia. These jets continue from Brazil’s new capital to Buenos Aires but merge at Brasilia with connecting piston-engine plane service to Rio and Sao Paulo.
Rare Amazon Fish Flown to Europe
With VIP treatment all the way, a half dozen former residents of the upper Amazon are winging from Miami to Europe by jet.
The VIPs—Very Important Piscatorial specimens — are three matched pairs of Tarzoo Blue Discus, a cerulean-hued saucershaped fish found in Colombia in the upper reaches of the Amazon River. About five to six inches in diameter, they are being sent to Frankfort, Germany, by Pan American jet Clipper for a dealer who hopes to breed them for the aquarium trade.
Extremely rare, the fish are worth about $75 each. None has ever before been exported to Europe and previous attempts to breed them in captivity have not been successful.
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