Pan American air ways, Vol. 9, No. 3, April 1938

              Volume 9

APRIL, 1938
Q uarter-H our S n o o ze Costs S n o o ze r $ 1 1 0
M IAM I. — I t is early m orning. Telephone rin g s and the gentlem an is called to catch the Clipper fo r Beunos A ires. “ U h-huh,” and said p as­ senger rolls over into bed again. F iftee n m inutes la te r he is up, thoroughly a le rt and going like lightning. T h a t fifteen-m inute sup­ p lem entary snooze cost said passenger ju s t $110, be­ cause he then had to m ake his trip by a southbound ship leaving nex t day, via a longer route. M o r a l : D o n ’t s n o o z e around w hen your Clipper is w arm ing up.

No. 3
N a ssa u -B erm u d a T r ip B re a k s A ll R eco rd s
M IA M I.— B eating all ex­ istin g records fo r th e jo u r­ ney by th ree days, George Casem iguela, o f M e x ic o , flew fro m N assau in the B aham as to B erm uda in less th a n 24 hours. I t w as th e first of such a jo u rn ey on record. B oard­ ing a P an A m erican Clip­ per a t N assau a t 3 P. M. Tuesday, Casem iguela a r ­ rived in M iami two hours la te r and th e re boarded an E a ste rn A ir L in er fo r B al­ tim ore. Connecting w ith the B erm uda Clipper, he a r ­ rived a t his d e s t i n a t i o n shortly b e f o r e t h r e e on W ednesday.

PORT WASHINGTON AGAIN ACTIVE IN BERMUDA SERVICE
Is A p e x O f T r i-C ity R o u te F ro m B a ltim o r e T o Isla n d s F o r P a n A m e r ic a n

IRISH CONFERENCE SETS UP ATLANTIC WEATHER SERVICE
P a n A m e r ic a n F o r m s a n d P ro c e e d u r e s F o r W e a th e r a n d C o m m u n ic a tio n s A d o p te d

ALASKA TO START FIRST AIR MAIL SERVICE MAY 3
N e w F o r e ig n A ir M ail R o u te R e p la c e s D o g T e a m s O v er O ld Y u k o n T r a il

IAL QUITS BALTIMORE
A ll-E x p e n se B e r m u d a A ir C ru ise O ffe r e d F r o m 7 D a y s U p . S ta r t A s L o w A s $ 1 9 3

SURFACE ‘GUARD’ SET
C o o r d in a te d S y s te m F o r R e p o r tin g a n d F o r e c a s tin g to S ta r t Im m e d ia te ly

WILL SAVE FIVE DAYS
7 0 0 -M ile R o u te R u n s F ro m J u ­ n e a u t o W h ite h o r s e to F a ir ­ b a n k s O n 4 1 ^ -H r. S c h e d u le

PORT W A SH IN G T O N . — D irect a ir service connecting New Y ork and its m etropolitan are a w ith th e m id-A tlantic islands of the B erm udas on a five-hour schedule w as in au g u ­ rate d A pril 6 from th is base by P an A m erican A irw ays and G reat B rita in ’s Im perial A ir­ ways. This followed a w in ter of absence from the New Y ork area, both com panies having moved the base of th e ir o pera­ 2 ,0 0 0 L e tte r s F ro m 4 1 C o u n tr ie s tions down the coast to B a lti­ O n P a n A m e r ic a n ’s R o u te s more early la s t w inter, before T o M a rk 2 0 t h B irth d a y the advent of cold w eather. N E W YORK. — To com­ F o u r W e e k ly S c h e d u le s m em orate th e tw entieth an n i­ The new service w ill offer v ersa ry of the in a u g u ra tio n of four-tim es-w eekly schedules to A m erican A ir M ail service, the mid-ocean isles, w ith ser­ which the U nited S tates Post vice by P an A m erican A irw ays Office in stitu te d on M ay 15, also going as f a r as B altim ore, 1918, th e week of M ay 15 to w here the A m erican company 21 has been designated A ir w ill re ta in its m aintenance and o p erating base. Im perial A ir­ Mail Week. D uring th a t week an in ­ w ays will operate only between tensive c a m p a ig n w ill be P o rt W ashington and B er­ muda, since th e ir m aintenance w aged to educate th e public in facilities are located in the the use of a ir mail, show ing its progress, dependability, safety, B ritish islands. and value, and to increase its P an A m erican A irw ays will use, which will increase th e operate a “tr ia n g u la r ” service revenue and m ake possible th e th ro u gh the sum m er m onths, expansion of a ir m ail service. w ith schedules o rig in a tin g a t th e M aryland city, m aking a P a n A m e r ic a n C o o p e r a te s traffic stop a t P o rt W ashing­ P an A m erican A irw ays is ton, and continuing on from here to Berm uda. Inbound, the cooperating w ith th is effort procedure will be reversed, th ro u g h its traffic re p re se n ta ­ w ith the B erm uda C lipper fly­ tives in each of the 41 coun­ ing B erm uda-P ort W ashing­ trie s and colonies of th e S outh­ ton, and then on to B altim ore. ern A m ericas, H aw aii and the P assengers m ay go aboard a t O rient enjoying th e sw ift de­ eith er of the A m erican ports pendability of P an A m erican of call, b u t no passengers will a ir m ail service. F rom the cap ital city of each be carried between the A m er­ ican cities except those ticketed of these countries and colonies all th e w ay thro u g h to or from will be m ailed a ir m ail le tte rs to the cam paign chairm en of Berm uda. A ir M ail W eek in each of the N e w T im e ta b le 48 S tates, th e D istric t of Co­ The U. S. A. B erm uda Clip­ lum bia, H aw aii, and P u erto per w ill continue to operate Rico— m ore th a n 2,000 le tte rs two round trip s a week be­ criss-crossing th e a ir routes of tw een the U nited S tates and h a lf the world. Berm uda, w ith d ep a rtu re s fo r L etters w ill be w ritte n by th e Islands from the m ainland im p o rta n t personages in th e on W ednesdays and F rid ay s, various countries and colonies and th e re tu rn trip s sched- — U. S. A m bassadors, MinisContinued on Page 3 Continued on Page 19

COOPERATE ON AIR MAIL CELEBRATION

D U B L IN . — An ocean-wide m eteorological service, to p ro ­ vide complete flying w eath er forecasts over th e n o rth ern sections of th e A tlan tic is to be set up a t once, as one im ­ p o rta n t re su lt of th e T ra n s a t­ lan tic A ir Conference a t which rep resen tativ es of th e U nited S tates, th e U nited Kingdom, C anada and Ire lan d m et here M arch 22 to 24 to discuss prob­ lems of forthcom ing T ra n s a t­ lan tic a ir service. A technical m eeting, th e purposes of th e c o n f e r e n c e w ere: (1) to review th e de­ tailed rep o rts of la s t sum m er’s survey flights, (2) to w ork out a p ractical plan fo r complete coordination of th e various r a ­ dio services (B ritish , Irish , C anadian and P an A m erican ), (3) th e organization of a co­ o r d i n a t e d o c e a n --w id e a i r w eath er fo recastin g and re ­ p o rtin g system , and (4) the organization of an ocean-wide safety g u ard system between a irc ra ft and vessels on th e high seas.
W id e r R e q u ir e m e n ts

PACIFIC CABLE OUT; MIDWAY GIVES AID

F A IR B A N K S . — The first reg u la r a ir m ail service over th e route of Pacific A laska A irw ays (P a n A m erican A ir­ w ays subsidiary) from Ju n eau to F airb an k s, A laska, by way of W hite Horse, Yukon T e rri­ tory, will be in a u g u ra ted on M ay 3. T his will m a rk the first foreign a ir m ail service ever provided in and out of the T errito ry , and fo r th a t m a tte r, A lask a’s first co n tract a ir m ail as well— despite th e fa c t th a t A s S h ip s G r a p p le F o r B r o k e n airp lan es have carried the E n d s P a n A m e r ic a n R a d io bulk of A laskan m ail m a tte r S ta tio n R e la y s I n s tr u c tio n s fo r years. M IDW AY.— W hen fo r the first tim e in th e thirty-fiveyear h isto ry of th e T ra n sp a ­ cific cable service a double­ b reak occurred th is sp rin g on th is long established line of com m unication b e tw e e n th e U nited S tates and th e O rient, th e personnel of th e Commer­ cial Pacific Cable Company looked to th e ir new neighbors from P an A m erican A irw ays in th e ir hour of complete and sudden isolation. P an A m erican’s radio and C lippers w ere able to play an im p o rta n t p a r t in a stirrin g d ram a ag a in st th e sea and rough w eath er, as th e cable people g rappled beneath the w aves fo r th e ends of th e broken th rea d of com m unica­ tion.
S a v e s F iv e D a y s

H eretofore, U. S. W eath er B ureau w eath er m aps fo r the A tlan tic have been m ade up from sh ip s’ rep o rts, covering th e a re a only about as f a r east as th e 35th m eridian. And shipping w eath er service on th e E uro p ean side norm ally goes only about th a t f a r west. B u t p r e s e n t - d a y scientific w eath er fo recastin g requires basic rep o rts over a much w ider are a th a n form erly w as considered necessary, and th e requirem ents of ocean flying d e m a n d d e t a i l e d w eath er items, p artic u la rly u p p er air, which w ere never before con­ sidered.
B a sic S e t-U p E x p a n d e d

In view of th is, P an A m er­ ican A irw ays some y ears ago set up th e basic p a r t of an ocean-wide w eath er service of its own, expanded w ith in th e la st two y ears into an actu al w ea th er-rep o rtin g system cov­ erin g th e en tire N o rth A t­ lantic, w ith rep o rts fro m th e C ontinued on Page 15

A saving of 5 d ay s’ m ailing tim e in th e m ovem ent of le t­ te rs from th e U nited S tates to F airb an k s and other points in th e i n t e r i o r of A laska is b ro u g h t a b o u t b y t h e new schedule. By boat and tra in , le tte rs go from Ju n e au to F airb an k s in 5 days— Pacific A lask a’s E l e c t r a s m ake the jo u rn ey in 4% h o u rs; from the U nited S tates it is th ree days by b o a t f r o m S e a t t l e to Ju n eau , and le tte rs going on by a ir will a rriv e in F airb an k s on th e same day they a rriv e a t and leave Ju n e au — ju s t over th ree days from th e U nited S tates. The forthcom ing a ir m ail service is a' significant step tow ard th e u ltim ate objective M id w a y Iso la te d of an all-air service to A laska The “double b re a k ”— one on which will b rin g about fu rth e r one side of Midway, th e second reductions in m ailing and tr a v ­ on th e other, com pletely cu t­ eling tim es to the f a r N o rth ern tin g off th e im p o rta n t relay te rrito ry . statio n here — m ade th e de­ C o lle c t o r s ’ F ie ld D a y velopm ent of a plan of re p a ir The in a u g u ra l flight will extrem ely difficult. The first b reak occurred on provide a field day fo r collec­ F e b ru a ry 13, somewhere on to rs of first flight covers, w ith th e H onolulu-M idw ay section six different item s available to of th e line. By resistan ce tests th e en terp risin g p h ilatelist. th e app ro x im ate position of On th e n o rth w ard flight M ay 3 th e b reak w as established and and th e i n i t i a l south-bound th e Cable Com pany’s steam er schedule M ay 8, th e stam p fan D ickinson w as dispatched from can g et covers flown from J u ­ H onolulu to th e scene. The neau to W hite H orse, from D ickinson im m ediately encoun­ Ju n e au to F airb an k s, from tered a storm , a p a r t of a W hite H orse to Jun eau , from len g th y period of bad w eath er W hite H orse to F airb an k s, which seriously handicapped f r o m F a i r b a n k s t o W hite H orse and from F airb an k s to C ontinued on Page 17