Pan American air ways, Vol. 8, No. 7, August 1937

              Volume 8

AUGUST, 1937

No. 7

2,000 SKILLED MEN WORK ON BOEINGS FOR PAN AMERICAN
L argest A ir lin e r s in A m e r ic a to W e ig h O v e r 4 2 T o n s ; S ix B e in g B u ilt

THE SCHWABENLAND CATAPULTS THE NORDMEER

CLIPPER EXTENDS ATLANTIC SURVEYS ON SOUTHERN ARC
S ix A t la n t ic C r o s sin g s M ad e W ith C o m p le tio n o f R o u n d T r ip v ia A z o r e s

CARRY 75 PERSONS
D e sig n e d fo r 5 0 P a s s e n g e r s o n L o n g D is t a n c e O c e a n R u n s, P a c ific o r A t la n t ic

THREE NATIONS FLY
B ritish C o m p le te 7 C r o s sin g s W h ile G e rm a n s S ta r t C a ta p u lt F lig h ts

S E A T T L E .— Two thousand aircraftsm en, scattered through tw enty different departm ents of the Boeing A irc ra ft Com­ pany’s p la n t here, a re moving rapidly tow ard com pletion of a new fleet of “ F ly in g Clipper Ships” fo r th e tran so cean se r­ vices of P an A m erican A ir­ ways. L arg est airlin ers ever devel­ oped in A m erica— and th e first ever designed fo r ocean passen­ ger service— th e huge ocean­ going boats w ill w eigh over 42 tons. They a re tw ice the size of th e “g ia n t” Sikorsky-type Clippers w hich pioneered th e Transpacific airw ay to China and a re now blazing th e A tla n ­ tic airw ay, and easily half again th e size of the big M artin-type C lippers which ply back and f o rth across th e P a ­ cific on re g u la r weekly sched­ ules. Both of these types w ere prim arily designed fo r air mail service only. T h is c u t a w a y d i a g r a m , (see page 5) draw n from ac­ tu al fac to ry plans, reveals in­ terio r details of these six g ia n t flyingboats w hich have been in the course of construction fo r more th a n a y ea r a t the Boeing p lan t to the order of the P an A m erican A i r w a y s System . These huge C lippers a re de­ signed to c a rry 50 passengers over the A tlantic between A m ­ erica and E urope and on over the Pacific to A u strala sia and the O rient. On sh o rter routes, thev provide accom modations for 75. H uge three-deck liners, they are powered w ith fo u r 1500 H. P. W rig h t “ Cyclone” engines, th e m ost pow erful a irc ra ft en­ gine which has been in the course of secret development over the p a st two years. L a rg e r th an ships in which Columbus first crossed the A tlantic, these new Boeing-built C lippers will have a top speed of around 200 miles per hour and a cruising range, w ith 50 passengers, of over 3,200 miles. W ith sm aller loads th e ir ran g e will exceed 5,000 miles. Continued on Page 5

In Long Island Sound, off Larchmont, the German mother ship "Schwabenland" shot the Deutsche Lufthansa flyingboat "Nordmeer" into the air on her return flight to the Azores. Shortly before the "Nordwind" had arrived, completing her first westward flight.

TRAFFIC MANAGERS MEET IN NEW YORK
A ll O ffic e s S h o w In c r e a se L e a st 1 0 0 % O v e r L a st Y ea r At

S u rvey Flight T im es C om pare In terestin gly
N E W YORK.— F rom the records of th e droning, m a t­ ter-o f-fact ocean crossings of the P an A m erican Clip­ per have come some in te r ­ esting com parisons of flight tim es on rep eated trip s over the sam e courses. F o r instance, tim es fo r th e first two trip s BotwoodFoynes w ere w ithin one m inute of each other. On th e second survey, tim es Foynes- Southam pton a n d re tu rn w ere th e sam e to the m inute. On th e th ird s u r­ vey, th e 2,392 miles between Berm uda and th e Azores w ere covered, over and back, w ithin 26 m inutes of each other in elapsed tim e. Even th e round trip tim es fo r th e first two surveys w ere w ithin an hour and 36 m inutes of each other. from the various offices each m onth by settin g a personal quota f o r e a c h office each month. A tte stin g to th e suc­ cess of th is plan, he rep o rted th a t all offices showed a t least 100 per cent increase over the sam e period la st y ea r (th e first six m o n th s). Mr. L ounsbury urged th a t th e D istrict Traffic M anagers p a rtic u la rly w atch two p o in ts: (1) The r e l a t i o n s h i p be­ tw een profit and cost of sales. Continued on Page 8

BERMUDA LINES DOUBLE SERVICE
A lt e r n a te U . S . a n d B r itish S e r v ic e s C a rry 6 0 0 P a ssen g ers

N E W YORK. — The experi­ m ental sales m eeting of U .S. A. D istrict Traffic M anagers, held in New Y ork in Septem ber, 1936, proved so successful th a t it w as repeated th is y ear as a p e r m a n e n t fixture. P resen t w ere th e D istrict Traffic M an­ agers of all P an A m erican traffic offices in c o n t i n e n t a l U nited S tates, come to consider w ays and m eans of boosting traffic office revenues, cooper­ atin g b etter w ith tra v e l agents, g ettin g th e public to use a ir m ail and a ir express consist­ ently. F irs t d a y ’s s e s s io n w as given over to a discussion of P assenger Traffic, w ith an opening a d d r e s s by Y. E. Chenea, G eneral Traffic M an­ ager, who congratu lated the men p resent on the excellent job they had done la st year. T heir job had to be good, Mr. Chenea pointed out, because P an A m erican is in a different position th an are most other tra n sp o rta tio n system s, in th a t we require a much h igher load facto r to show a profit. R. C. Lounsbury, P assen g er Traffic M anager, rep o rted th e resu lts of a plan form ulated la st y ea r to increase traffic

N E W YORK.— W ith a rec­ ord passen g er list fo r th e first six ty days of operations over th e recen tly established p a s­ senger a ir service between New Y ork a n d B e r m u d a , m arked by an increasin g de­ m and fo r accom modations on th e five-hour service now oper­ ated on a l t e r n a t e schedules once weekly by P an A m erican A irw ays and Im p erial A ir­ w ays each of th e airlines doubled th e ir service to oper­ ate tw o round trip s weekly. Effective A u g u st 25, the U. S. A . B erm uda Clipper, th e big four-engined Sikorsky flyingboat, sister ship of th e C lipper w ith which th e first A m erican T ra n sa tla n tic tr ia l ru n s are being made, sta rte d th e new schedules fro m P o rt W ash ­ ington, th e p resen t A tlan tic base, on M anhasset Bay. The C lipper now flies to Berm uda every W ednesday and F rid a y a t 10 A. M., New Y ork D ay­ lig h t Time, a rriv in g Berm uda a t 3:30 P. M., th e sam e a f te r ­ noons. On th e re tu rn flights, the Clipper leaves D a rre ll’s Island in H am ilton H arbor, Berm uda, a t 10 A. M. every T h u rsd ay and Sunday, arriv Continued on Page 3

N E W YORK.— Six A tlan tic crossings had been m arked down in th e log of th e P an A m erican C lipper by th e end of A ugust, follow ing th e com­ pletion of h er first round trip by w ay of th e southern arc— B erm uda, Azores, Lisbon, M a r­ seilles, S outham pton and re ­ tu rn . M eanw hile th e B ritish Caledonia and Cambria, of Im ­ p erial A irw ays w ere b rin g in g th e ir to ta l crossings to seven. The G e r m a n L u f t h a n s a ’s N ordm eer crossed fro m T ravemunde to P o rt W ashington and back to th e Azores, and w as followed to P o rt W ashington by h er sister ship N ordw ind. The close cooperation am ong the fo u r g re a t in te rn atio n a l a ir tra n s p o rt system s now con­ ce n tratin g sim ultaneously on th e A tlan tic, a cooperation which is th e resu lt of long­ stan d in g u n d erstan d in g s be­ tw een P an A m erican and Im ­ p erial A irw ays, A ir F ran ce and L u fth an sa fo r survey op­ erations, has been a m arkedly im p o rtan t elem ent in all the flights so f a r accomplished. F ly in g n o rth ern courses P an A m erican r e c e i v e s w eath er service and radio, as well as complete servicing facilities, a t the bases established fo r Im ­ perial A irw ays by th e B ritish A ir M inistry a t Botwood and Southam pton, and by th e Irish G overnm ent a t Foynes. Im ­ perial A irw ays, on th is end, is guarded by P an A m erican’s radio statio n a t P o rt W ashing­ ton, th e ir flyingboats a re se r­ viced a t th e P an A m erican base and w eath er and all other required services a re provided. F ly in g southern courses, the Pan A m erican C lipper is aided by the facilities established by th e th ree E uropean com panies —th e Im p erial A irw ay s’ base a t B erm uda, th e mid-ocean w ea th er and radio statio n of A ir F r a n c e , a n d t h e A i r F ran ce base a t M arseilles; and, in th e Azores, th e G er­ m an L u fth a n sa ’s m other ship stands radio g u ard and acts as a w eath er statio n fo r th e AmContinued on Page 2