Pan American air ways, Vol. 5, No. 5, July 1934

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PAN AMERICAN AIR W AYS
July-1934-August

TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Volume 5

Number 5

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NEW CLIPPER IN RECORD RUN TO SOUTH AMERICA
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BRAZ. CLIPPER SETS TEN NEW WORLD RECORDS
E sta b lish e s N ew M a rk s F or H ig h e s t E ffic ie n c y ; Speed, L o a d , R a n g e a n d A ltitu d e

CLIPS TWO DAYS FROM SCHEDULE TO BUENOS AIRES
E p o c h a l F lig h t, a s T r a d e M issio n , A id s A m e r ic a n P o s it io n b y Im p r e s siv e 1 5 ,0 0 0 - M ile R u n

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WORLD’S^ GREATEST
A verages 1 5 7 .5 M .P .H . F or 1 2 4 2 M ile s a t 6 9 % H .P . W ith H e a v y L o a d

B. A.-N. Y. IN 4 DAYS
D is tin g u is h e d P a s s e n g e r s E n th u ­ s ia s tic O v e r S o u th A m e r ic a a n d * P A A ’s A c h ie v e m e n t T h e r e

BR ID G E PO R T . — A ll ex ist­ ing w orld’s records fo r tr a n s ­ p o rt seaplanes, w hich w ere previously held in E urope, were toppled like ninepins as Pan A m erican’s g ia n t “ B razil­ ian C lipper,” c a rry in g a full tra n sp o rt load, flew 1242.8 miles non-stop a t an average speed of 157.5 m iles p er hour, on its final acceptance te st a t the Sikorsky factory. As E dw in C. Musick, P an A m erican Chief Pilot, sent the four-engined flying boat four tim es over a course of 311 miles w hich included M an h at­ ta n ’s riv e r fro n t, Long Island Sound and the A tlan tic Ocean, it w as evident th a t history w as being w ritte n fo r A m er­ ican aviation.
C o u r s e C ir c le s L o n g Isla n d

M IAM I. — S treak in g n o rth ­ w ard from the horizon w ith th a t sam e sp ectacu lar speed th a t had sw ept th e g re a t a ir ­ liner over th e v a st w estern rim of th e A tlan tic to the R iver P late and back, fa ste r th a n m an had ev er negotiated th is distance before, th e g ia n t “ B razilian C lipper” thundered over M iami a t 5 P. M., T h u rs­ day, A u g u s t 30th, a full hour ahead of schedule and ju s t tw elve hours a f te r leav­ ing the South A m erican conti­ nent, to add th e final line to the closing ch ap ter of an epochal 15,000-mile in a u g u ra l p ro g ram th a t is clearly one of th e m ost significant com­ m ercial flights in th e history of aviation.
U n p a r a lle le d P e r fo r m a n c e

S ta rtin g a t th e S tra tfo rd Lighthouse, the course ra n th ro u g h five control points, George W ashington Bridge, **^1, S taten Island Lighthouse, F ire P Islan d Lighthouse, Block Is ­ land, P oint Ju d ith Lighthouse and back to th e place of be­ ginning. The elapsed tim e fo r the flight w as 7 hours, 53 m inutes, »■ 58 seconds, fo r a distance equal to th a t from N ew found­ land to th e Azores. Y et P ilot M usick used only 69 p er cent of th e 3,000 horsepow er of the fo u r P r a tt & W hitney H ornet engines stream lined into the wide silver wing. He had fuel enough fo r ano th er lap w hen he landed. The m arg in of range, w ith a m ail load, for any of th e ocean tra d e routes, A tlantic or Pacific, by w ay of the islands, had been am ply proved. C ruising speed only w as used and less th a n full horse­ power because the flight w as an acceptance te s t for the a ir line of this c ra ft, w hich will cu t two d ays’ tim e from the ru n between M iami and Buenos A ires _ and p u t th a t South A m erican cap ital w ithin five and one-half, days of New York. S trictly tra n s p o rt conditions prevailed d u rin g th e flight. W hen the plane crossed the ■ “ ' s ta rtin g line ag a in st the blue of a m orning sky a t 9.24.38, E a ste rn D aylight Time, she had only six persons aboard. Continued on Page 12

. . . at the moment during ivhich thy normal intercourse between the United States of America and Brazil is solemnized, I sincerely desire that thy name shall be a symbol of perfect union betiveen the two Nations, that thy flights will redund to the benefit of human felicity and that the skies of the Amer­ icas will always favor thy luminous trajectories.
Se n h o r a G e t u l io V argas , a t R io
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Brazilian Clipper Dedicated in Ceremony Before Brilliant Group at Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JA N E IR O . — Be­ fore a b rillia n t assem blage of high governm ent officials and personages from m any of the A m e ric a n r e p u b lic s , P a n A m erican’s n e w e s t “ Clipper S hip” w as form ally christened the B r a z i l i a n C l ip p e r by M adame Getulio V arg as in a colorful cerem ony held on the bay shore of Rio de Ja n eiro on W ednesday, A ug u st 22nd. P resid en t V argas, of B razil, P resid en t G abriel T e rra of U ruguay, who w as v isitin g Rio a t the tim e, A m erican A m bassador H u g h G ib s o n , Dr. Joao M arques dos Reis, B razilian M i n i s t e r of Com­ m unications, E ugene V idal, D i­ recto r of A ir Commerce of the U nited S tates, Mr. J. T .T rip p e, and a distinguished group of A m erican new spaper publish­ ers. and jo u rn a lists who had m ade th e flight from the U nited S tates on the g re a t a ir ­ liner, p articip a ted in th e cere­ monies. E n d in g h er record ru n from Miami in slightly m ore th a n five days, th e g ia n t flying boat was hauled ashore on th e ram p of th e n av al a ir statio n in Botofoga Bay. A flag-draped stan d w as erected a t th e prow of the a irlin e r and special seatin g a r r a n g e m e n t s w ere m ade fo r th e larg e list of official guests who attended the ceremonies. A special bottle of cham ­ pagne, sent by plane by Gov­ ernor F lores da Cunha of the S tate of Rio G rande do Sul, w here th e finest B razilian w ines and cham pagnes are produced, w as used by M adame V arg as in n am in g th e new “ Clipper S hip” . H ailed widely as a new sym ­ bol of th e close bonds of frie n d ­ ship between th e A m erican n a ­ tions, w hich A m erica’s in te r­ n atio n al a ir service has done so much to stren g th en , th e new “ C lipper S hip” held th e center of th e stag e in Rio de Ja n eiro d u rin g its sh o rt sta y there, and w as alm ost con stan tly su r­ rounded by an en th u siastic crowd which m arveled a t th is world record tra n s p o rt c ra ft which had b ro u g h t th e A m er­ ican continents two days closer th a n ever before in history. An in te rn atio n a l broadcast which carried th e ch risten in g ceremonies to m illions of listen ­ ers th ro u g h o u t th e A m ericas and around th e world, had been a rra n g e d as one of a se­ ries of p ro g ram s devoted to th e m aiden flight of th e “ B ra ­ zilian C lipper” by th e N atio n ­ al B ro ad castin g Company. The official ceremony was Continued on Page 4

L eaving in h er w ake a score of new aero n au tical records, b rin g in g two days n e a re r the U nited S tates w orld m ark ets of th e g re a t eastern tra d e route, th e big a irlin e r received an ovation from th e crowd of several thousand assem bled a t P an A m erican In tern atio n al A irp o rt to welcome th e “ B ra ­ zilian C lipper” and the dis­ tinguished g u e s t s who had made th e flight to South A m er­ ica and re tu rn . C om m ents o f these pub­ lishers, upon th eir re tu rn to the U nited S ta te s, w ill be fo u n d on Pages 8 and 9. J u s t fifteen days before th is n e w e s t of P an A m erican’s “ C lipper S hips” had le ft th is sam e p ort. E ig h t days before she had been form ally ch ris­ tened by Senhora Getulio V a r­ gas in colorful ceremonies a t Rio de Jan eiro . F ive days be­ fore she had le ft Buenos A ires for th e 7,100-mile re tu rn flight. Twelve hours before she had dipped in a p a rtin g salu te to South A m erica. In five sure, sw ift steps, daw n to dusk a p a rt, she had spanned the ea st coast of th e southern con­ tin e n t from th e R iver P late and th e en tire W est Indies, to cut tw o full days from the fa s te s t trav e l tim e between Buenos A ires, Rio and the U nited S tates. S e v e r a l of her p assengers who w ere in P o rt of Spain on T h ursday, b reak fasted in N e w Y o r k