Clipper, Vol. XVII, No. 3, March 1960

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VOL XVII, No. 3
MIAMI, FLORIDA, MARCH 1960
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‘Well Done,’ Ike Tells Jet Clipper Crew
THE CHIEF CONGRATULATES and shakes hands with the crew of Pan Am's jet Clipper that flew newsmen on the South American tour. Left to right, President Eisenhower, Capt. Frank M. Briggs, Second Officer R. H. Lang, Purser Joseph Linares, shaking hands with lke; Purser Michael Mari, and Stewardess Janet Phillips. Other members of the crew not in the picture, shook his hand and chatted with President Eisenhower.
Aid to "Operation Bootstrap"
Cargo Rate Cut to San Juan Proposed by Pan American
Special bulk-shipment air cargo rates reducing costs by as much as 35 per cent between New York and San Juan and by 25 per cent between Miami and San Juan have been filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board by Pan Ameri-
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New Terminal At Paramaribo
A four-day program of official ceremonies and festivities dedicated the new $325,000 terminal at Zandery Field at Paramaribo, Surinam.
The airport of the Netherlands territory on the northeast shoulder of South America has a 10,-000-foot-long runway, which is more than several of the world’s important cities can boast. It is a regular stop on Pan American’s southbound service between New York and Buenos Aires.
The new terminal covers 35,410 square feet with an additional 100,000 square feet for service facilities and parking space. Its interior encompasses 48,000 square feet.
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Pakistan Airline Leases Pan Am Jet
A three-year agreement for Pakistan International Airlines t® lease a Pan American Intercontinental Jet Clipper, has been signed by the airlines. The aircraft will be operated on PIA routes.
Terms of the two-stage agreement provide for PIA to operate a Boeing Intercontinental Jet Clipper on the Pakistan national airline’s route between London and Karachi via Rome, Beirut and Teheran. Flight time for the distance will be reduced to 11 hours, 45 minutes, about half the present piston-engine time.
can World Airways.
The announcement was made by Wilbur L. Morrison, executive vice president, in charge of the Latin American Division, in Miami.
Pan American also has applied for lower general cargo rates between New York and Puerto Rico which would reduce current rates as much as 30 per cent.
Morrison described these rate proposals as a further contribution by the airline to Puerto Rico’s “Operation Bootstrap.”
“Most of the basic commodities we carry on this route — textiles, electronics parts, plastics — are products flown to Puerto Rico for finishing and assembly, then flown back to the United States mainland market,” Morrison said. “This type of operation, geared to fast-moving products in competitive
MISSILEMEN FILMED
A filmed look at Pan American’s missile men and the work they perform along the U.S. test range, stretching 6,000 miles from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Ascension Island, in mid-Atlantic, was seen for the first time on a national television network.
markets, provides a basis for Puerto Rican industry. Our new rate proposals are designed to support this industry and to improve the position of freight forwarders and agents in making consolidate shipments.”
The new special rates apply to “deferred” shipments of 550 pounds or more. Such shipments, airlifted for 13 cents a pound, would be held until cargo moving at normal rates has been loaded.
The lowered general cargo rates between New York and San Juan provide reductions up to 25 per cent for shipments of 1,100 and under 3,300 pounds, southbound, and up to 30 per cent northbound for shipments in the same weight category.
Pan Am has agreements with four trucking companies in Puerto Rico to handle distribution to manufacturing and assembly plants throughout the island.
The airline presently has approximately 10,000 pounds daily cargo capacity aboard its passenger jet flights and maintains a three-times weekly all-cargo DC-4 schedule.
Air Service To Brasilia
Inauguration of international air service to Brazil’s brand new capital, Brasilia, is being planned for early in April by Pan American World Airways.
Initially, two flights weekly are scheduled between New York and Brasilia, via Caracas, with piston-engine equipment. Boeing and Douglas jet airliners will be put on the route as soon as current airport improvements in Rio de Janeiro are completed, Pan Am officials said.
Flight time will be 15 houi’s 45 minutes between Brasilia and New York under the piston-engine schedules. Jetliners will be able to cut the flight time to 8 hours 25 minutes. The plans are subject to the approval of the governments concerned.
Move Set for April 21
An army of workmen have been laboring for the past three years to build Brazil’s new capital from the ground up in the country’s interior highlands, some 600 miles northwest of Rio, the present capital. The Brazilian government has set a target date of April 21 for Continued on page 7
LONG TRIP, LONG TICKET
The first round the world ticket on Pan American ever sold in Belem. Brazil, was purchased by Dr. Alberto Bendahan, director of Banco do Para, and his wife, Mrs. Miriam Bendahan. The transportation was purchased through the Belem district sales office.
New Mark Set On Flight to Puerto Rico
President Chats, Shakes Hands With Members of Crew
A smiling “well done” by the President of the United States and a new speed record from Buenos Aires to Puerto Rico, were rewards not counted in advance by the crew of the Pan American jet Clipper flying the press group with the President’s good-will tour through South America.
Upon arrival at Ramey Air Force Base en route home, President Eisenhower took time out from his busy schedule to visit the press Clipper, chat with the crew members, shake their hands and congratulate them with the familiar military compliment, “Well Done!”
Second only to this friendly act was the speed record set by the big Boeing Intercontinental Jet Clipper of 7 hours, 15 minutes for the 3,745-mile non-stop flight. Average speed on the hop was logged at 540 miles an hour.
Visited Five Countries
On the tour, known as “Operation Amigo,” the press flight visited four South American countries—Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile—as well as stopovers in Puerto Rico, going and on the return home.
The flight from Buenos Aires to Ramey Air Force Base was at an altitude of 39,000 feet. The big jet’s top speed for the trip was attained on the flight from Baltimore to Ramey Air Force Base and was logged at 643 miles an hour.
According to the 72 men and women members of the press who had been channeling news of the President’s whirlwind good-will trip through South America to all parts of the world, the crews aboard the “flying city room” also set a new high record for service.
20 Crew Members
Twenty men and women in Pan American uniforms made up the crews of the four Clippers that in less than two weeks flew a total of approximately 16,000 miles. The big Intercontinental jet Clipper was “home” to the newsmen, but in several segments of the flight they transferred to a DC-7 and a Super-6 Clipper for landings at airports too small for the jet.
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By Their Names Ye Know Them
With three types of jet Clippers now in operation on Pan American routes, the airline has adopted standard names by which they will be known.
Douglas jet aircraft will be known as DC-8C’s; the Boeing 707-321 will be called the Boeing Intercontinental; and the Boeing 707-121 will be designated the Boeing 707.