Pan American air ways, Vol. 1, No. 1, "Anniversary" edition, February 24, 1930

              February 24, 1930	122 Fast 42n»l Street, New York City	Anniversary Number
RECORD FLIGHT N.Y.-B.A. AGAIN PROVES P.A.A. RADIO SUPERIORITY
Pan American Equipment Finest In World—Developed in P.A.A. Shops for Own Use
1 lie spectacular flight of Will W. White and Clement McMullen in a Lockheed-Vega racer over the Pan American Airways System from New V ork to Buenos Aires, down the West coast of South America, has demonstrated internationally the proved superiority of the Pan American Air-(Continued on page jour)
TALKING MOVIES OF MT. POPOCATEPL IN MEXICO
Paramount News Reel is making a sound moving picture of the Mount Popocatepl volcano, near Mexico City.
This film will advertise the Pan American Airways Mexican Division fast passenger service from Brownsville south. Following its release in regular moving picture theatres, Paramount has agreed to give copies of the film to Pan American Airways for its own use. The photographing of the volcano is to be done during the last week of February.
First Mail Flights
F.YM 1—Kpj West, Florida to Havana, Cuba, Oct. 19. 1927.
FAM 4—Miami to Havana, Cuba, Sept. 15, 1928.
FAM 5—Miami to Criwtobal, C. /. (Only), Feb. 4, 1929.
FAM 5—Miami to Crbdobol, C. Z. (Central America stop«). May 21, 1929.
FAM 5 Kxt.—Cristobal to Curaeao, D.W. I., June 21, 1929.
FAM 5 Kxt..—Trinidad to Paramaribo, I). U„ Sept. 23, 1929.
FAM <>—Miami to San Juan, Porto Rico, Jan. 9, 1929.
FAM ti Kxt.—San Juan, 1*„ K., to Trinidad, Sept. 22, 1929.
FAM 7 —Miami to Nassau, Bahamas Jan. 2, 1929.
FAM 8 —Brownsville to Mexico City, Mexico, March 10. 1929.
FAM 8 Kxt.—Brownsville to Ouatemala City, Sept. 2, 1929.
FAM 8 Kxt.—Brownsville to Salvador and San Korenzo, Jan. 15, 1930.
FA.M 9—Canal Zone to Mollendo, Peru, May 17, 1929.
FA.M 9 Kxt.—Canal Zone to Santiago, Chile, July 10. 1929.
FAM 9 Kxt.—Canal Zone to Buenos jNres, Argentine, Oct. 8, 1929.
FA.M 9 Kxt.—Canal Zone to Montevideo, Lruguay, Jan. 11, 1930.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY
A Statement by J. T. TRIPPK	{
President, Pan American Airways j
February, a year ago, the first major route of the Pan American Airways System between Miami, Florida, and the Canal Zone, was inaugurated. Colonel Lindbergh, Pan American’s Technical Advisor, assisted by our vice-president the late Colonel Hamble-ton as co-pilot, carried the first mail to far away Panama and return.
Since then, additional U. S. air mail contracts have been acquired. One-new route after another has been added until in a year’s time, the 261 mile line between Miami and Havana has grown to 13,000 miles of operating airways—one of the world’s greatest international air transport systems —with routes stretching to distant Argentine and uniting 26 countries of the Americas in closer social and business ties.
Seventy-one airports; 44 multi-engined transport airplanes; over 23 0 modern air-cooled engines; a number more large transport airliners under construction, including the two largest commercial transports in the United States and except for the great D-OX, the largest in the world; 26 ground
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General Craig Inspects P.A.A.
PAN AMERICAN IS
GREATEST OPERATOR
OF BIG AIRLINERS
Has Developed Air Mail Routes for United States and South American Nations Over 13,000-Mile Regular Service
The Ban American Airways System has become the world’s largest commercial operator of multi-engined transport planes and the largest unified air transportation system in the western hemisphere, according to the summary of 1929 flying.
T he system has extended its operations from Brownsville, Texas, and Miami, Florida, to the Panama Canal ( Continued from page six)
Evan E. Young Joins
Pan American Airways
The Honorable Pivan Pi. Young, for twenty-five years a member of the United States State Department and holder of important government posts throughout Piurope and in South America, has resigned as United States minister to Bolivia to become associated with Pan American Airways in its international relations department.
Mr. Young is a native of Kenton, Ohio, and went to President (iar-field’s old college at Hiram, ()hio, then to the South Dakota State (Continued on page six)
Craig Congratulates
P.A.A. on France Field
Major (ieneral Malin Craig, Commanding General, Panama Canal Department, congratulated Pan American Airways on the “splendid condition of your materiel, hangar, and adjoining grounds on the occasion of my recent visit to Prance Field. I appreciate this voluntary preparation of your unit for my inspection. I specially noted the cleanliness, neatness and courtesy of your entire personnel.”