Clipper, Vol. 3, No. 14, November 1946

              PAMAMERICAM
VOL. 3—NO. 14	461106	Copyright, 191+6, by Pan American Airways, Inc.
NOVEMBER, 1946
PAA BID FOR U. S. ROUTES GETS WIDE SUPPORT FROM CIVIC LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE NATION
Pan American World Airways’ bid for seven-mile-a-minute flights connecting 13 major United States terminal cities has won the almost unanimous support _ of aviation and civic leaders and the public press throughout the nation, a survey during ----------------------------^the last three weeks has revealed.
Capt. Lindsey Assumes Post As LAD Chief Pilot; Brock Named Panagra Executive
Capt. Lewis C. Lindsey, for the last two years chief pilot for the Alaskan sector of the Pacific-Alaska Division, has been transferred to Miami, Fla., where he will assume the duties of chief pilot for the Latin American Division.
In Miami he replaces Capt. Horace Brock, Latin American chief pilot for the past two and one-half years, who has been elected to a high executive position of Pan American-Grace Airways in New York.
As chief pilot, Lindsey will be in charge of more than 600 pilots who fly PAA’s Latin American routes. Although most of these are based in Miami, some are stationed in Rio de Janeiro to fly the routes in lower South America while another group flies the Central American routes from their base in Guatemala City.
PAA’s pilot roster is currently being increased to keep pace with the new equipment being added to the Latin American fleet. Twenty new four-engined Clippers already in operation out of Miami will soon be joined by 19 more soon to be delivered from the Douglas factory.
A veteran master pilot with more than 6,500 flying hours to his credit, Lindsey has been flying for Pan American since 1936.
Born in Pomona, Kansas, he attended public schools there and in Twin Falls, Idaho. Graduating from the University of Washington, at Seattle, in 1934 with a degree in Business Administration, he joined the Marine Air Corps and took his flying training at the Sand Points Naval Air Station in Seattle and at the Naval Air School in Pensacola, Fla.
After receiving his wings in 1935 he served on active duty with the Marine Air Corps at Quantico, Va., for a year and a half.
In the fall of 1936, Lindsey joined Pan
LINDSEY — Continued on Page 5
PAA Financial Report Gets ‘Oscar’ as Best in World
Todd Wright — Samuel Pryor
Pan American World Airways’ annual report to stockholders has been judged best in the field of international airline industry reports, according to an announcement by Weston Smith, vice president of the magazine “Financial World,” which conducts an annual survey of industry reports.
The award was presented by Todd Wright, director of the annual “Financial World” dinner.
A bronze “Oscar of Industry” was awarded to the Company on October 4, at a banquet in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.
Backing of the application for these routes was even more encouraging than had been hoped, and reflects the desire of the people of the country for speedier national service as well as one-line carriers to the industrial and resort capitals of the world.
The cities of Miami and Miami Beach and the Dade County Port Authority were joined by 15 other official and civic groups throughout the United States in appearing before the Civil Aeronautics Board in support of Pan American World Airways’ program for high-speed, long-range domestic service.
In its application for domestic routes, PAA proposes to link 13 U. S. gateway cities with new high-speed, non-stop services connecting with its international routes. The new service would give Miami 2 V2 -hour flights to New York and three-hour flights to Chicago and would make possible 5%-hour flights from coast to coast.
Endorsing the program for Miami, Mayor Perrine Palmer, Jr., said: “This fast service . . . should prove invaluable in the future growth of Miami.” Miami Beach Mayor Herbert Frink said: “I trust this application will receive early favorable consideration by the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington.”
Other cities appearing before the CAB were Chicago, Detroit and Philadelphia. The port authorities of New York and New Orleans also intervened.
In addition to the above the following civic organizations support Pan American’s application:
The Baltimore Association of Com-PAA BID—Continued on Page 7
TRIPPE IS AWARDED ‘MEDAL OF MERIT’
Nine Departments Share in Suggestion Award Dollars Despite Slow September from Standpoint of Numbers
Although September appears to have been a quieter month than usual on the Employees’ Suggestion Plan firing line, the award bulletin for that period is impressive in that nine departments have participated in the cash awards.
It is not unusual to see winners listed-^-from C. H. Parham’s Accessory Overhaul department and September’s idea from his shop came from O. C. Murray, mechanic first class, who made up a holding and pressing jig for the removal and installation of tightly fitted fulcrum pins on idle needles of Stromberg carburetors. His idea will save time. The jig netted Murray a $15 award.
Maurice Bazinet noticed that whenever new spare keys were needed for locks it was necessary to dispatch a messenger to a key shop in Miami. The delay and high
cost seemed unreasonable to him, so out came the pencil. His findings indicated a good possibility of saving in time and material, if a key making machine were purchased and installed at Pan American field. He followed up his hunch with an Employee’s Suggestion Blank and the Committee agreed with Bazinet to the tune of a $25 award.
Foreman M. A. Trapp will probably not be surprised to find his shop in the news NINE— Continued on Page 3
War-time services in which Clippers of Pan American World Airways’ Latin American fleet and nationally-operated affiliates played a leading role have won the United States’ highest civilian award for PAA President Juan T. Trippe.
The coveted Medal for Merit, awarded by President Harry S. Truman for “exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services _ to the United States,” was presented Trippe by U. S. Secretary of War Robert Patterson in special ceremonies in Washington, D. C.
As president of Pan American World Airways, President Truman’s citation pointed out, Trippe “organized and adapted the international airways system which he led into such a flexible worldwide network of air routes as to serve the fighting forces of the Army and Navy of the United States in every country in the world where services were required.”