Clipper, Vol. 2, No. 4, March 1945

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Copyright, 1945, by Pan American Airways, Inc.
MARCH, 1945
RED CROSS SEEKS AID TO ASSIST OTHERS
To aid the Red Cross in its year of greatest need, employees of Pan American swing into action this month, seeking one hundred per cent support of the mercy organization which represents them on the battlefronts of the world.
A central committee composed of delegates from every department has been formed with numerous sub-committees in each section of the company so that person-to-person solicitation will be possible. Group meetings will also be held at which veterans and Red Cross speakers will explain to PAA’ers the work the Red Cross is doing both at home and abroad. These meetings, which will last about 15 minutes, are being arranged by the employee committee.
Backing up its employees in the Miami area and aiding the Dade County drive for $520,000, Pan American World Airways is giving $6,000 to the Red Cross through its Miami offices. In Brownsville $1,500 is being given and $1,000 in New Orleans, making a total of $8,500 for the Latin American division. Throughout its many divisions, Pan American is giving $22,500 to the Red Cross. *
Annual appeal of the American Red Cross to the workers of Pan American takes on greater significance this year as men and women of the United States are scattered all over the world, finding only in the Red Cross a touch of home, a substitute for the presence of loved ones.
Lonely soldiers, marines and sailors find rest in a Red Cross club in London or New Guinea; find refreshment on remote flying fields in France when the Red Cross club-mobile drives up to serve hot coffee and doughnuts to the crew of a B-24 or B-17; find life when Red Cross men dodge enemy fire to bring life-giving plasma to the wounded right on the battlefield; find Continued on Page 2
ALONZO BYRD BRYANT MISSING IN FRANCE
Pfc. Alonzo Byrd Bryant, Miami Maintenance clerk, has been missing in action in France since January 17, according to word received by his mother, Mrs. Beatrice Bryant.
A graduate of Miami Edison high school, 21-year-old Bryant is one of three brothers in the armed forces. He joined the Air Forces two years ago and was transferred to the infantry. While still in the States, Bryant did some work on the weekly “Johnny Doughboy” radio program. He was stationed at Camp Howze, Texas, before going overseas.
King-Size Stratoclippers Ordered by Pan American To Provide Luxurious Flying Hotel Atmosphere
A fleet of giant, two-decked 204-passenger land-based Clippers, vastly exceeding in size any transport aircraft yet proposed, has been ordered by Pan American World Airways.
The contract, placed with Consolidated Vul-tee Aircraft Corporation, calls for construction of up to 15 of the huge Clippers which are capable of handling
750.000	passengers a year in trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific service. Flight time from New York to London via the new Clipper will be slightly more than nine hours and schedules to other points will be proportionately fast.
With a weight of
320.000	pounds, the airplane is 12 times the size of present standard twin-engined commercial aircraft in the United States and will carry more passengers than any other plane in the world.
■it The new Clipper is 182 feet long, 57 feet high, and has a wing span of 230 feet, more than twice that of the Liberator B-24 and equal to the height of a 21-story building.
The six engines, now in development, with which the giant airplane will be equipped will produce power equivalent to 353 average automobile engines. In order to take full advantage of- streamline air flow, the engines are mounted on the trailing edge of the wing and are equipped with pusher type propellers. Cruising speeds will vary between 310 and 342 miles per hour according to altitude and power output. Cabins will be conditioned for operation at an altitude of 30,000 feet so that storm areas can be avoided.
Carrying a payload of 50,000 pounds, made up of 204 passengers, 15,300 pounds for baggage, mail and express, the new Clipper will have a range of 4,200 miles. Because airplanes of such great size and speed require heavy traffic volume to realize maximum economy, Pan American plans to utilize them only on its long distance, high traffic density routes.
Pan American engineers have worked actively with Consolidated Vultee in the development of the airplane. Although production cannot be started until wartime restrictions have been removed, a full scale model is complete and more than 90 per cent of the initial engineering is finished.
The plane will be completely doubledecked. Nine staterooms accommodating two persons each and 12 berths will be provided in one section.
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Pertinent Points About New Giant of the Skyways
There are approximately 25 miles of wire in one airplane.
The electrical system is equivalent to that used by a town of 500 persons.
The print of one main tire is approximately ten square feet during the landing impact.
The fuel required to fill the tanks is more than the average motorist would use in 20 years.
The rate of fuel consumption at take-off would be faster than a man could bail fuel out of a barrel with a ten-quart pail.
The blueprints to be used to build this Clipper would cover a 16-acre field.
The wing tips may be flexed about six feet in a gust or during certain maneuvers.
The heating facilities are sufficient to heat a 40-room apartment house.
The lumber used to build the mock-up would construct three average-sized homes.
One airplane can move as much freight in nine days between San Francisco and New York as a freight engine with about 30 box cars.
Two B-24 airplanes side by side with 10 feet between wing tips, equal the wingspan, which is equivalent to the height of a 21-story building.
The main landing gear tire is approximately one foot greater in height than the average ceiling in a home.
The tail extends to the height of a five-story apartment building.
The propellers extend higher than a two-story home.
A family automobile can be driven under the fuselage with ample clearance.