Pan American air ways, Vol. 10, No. 3, May 1939

              ATLANTIC PASSEN GER S E R V IC E UNDER WAY
5 COUNTRIES MARK TENTH PAN-GRACE MAIL ANNIVERSARY
F irst S ervice In 1 9 2 9 C ut Full S ix te en D ays F rom T ransit T im e T o S ou th A m e ric a

261 H awaiian Leis In C lip p e r Cargo
SA N FR A N C ISC O . — The China Clipper arriv ed a t T re asu re Islan d on F r i ­ day, M ay 12, w ith 390 a ir express shipm ents packed aw ay in h er hold. T his load included th e u su al v arie ty of shipm ents from China and the Philippines. How­ ever, the m a jo rity w as m ade up of 261 shipm ents of H a ­ w aiian flower leis sen t by sons and d au g h ters in th e Islands to m others resid in g in n ea rly every sta te in the Union.

S.S. NORTH HAVEN COMPLETES TRIP TO CANTON ISLAND
A rrives M ay 1 8 In H eavy T r o p ­ ical R ain to B egin C on stru c­ tio n o f N ew A ir B ase T h ere

B ritish G overn m en t H osts A t Luncheon
LONDON.— On Ju n e 29, th e group of official observ­ ers who had flown to S outh­ am pton on the in a u g u ra l a ir m ail flight of Yankee Clip­ per over th e “n o rth e rn ” ro u te w ere tendered a f o r ­ m al luncheon in London’s Savoy H otel, w ith B rita in ’s S ecretary of S tate for A ir, The R t. Hon. S ir K ingsley Wood, in th e chair. Two days la te r, on Ju ly 1, they w ere back in P o rt W ashington, hav in g flown th e A tla n tic w estw ard in 27 hours and 10 m inutes.

WEEKLY FLIGHTS ACROSS ATLANTIC STARTED MAY 20
Y an kee C lip p er C lim axes T en Y ears o f P rep aration O n 12th L indbergh A n n iversary

AIR TIME HALVED
T o d a y ’s “T h e S ou th A m a irica n ” C overs R ou te T o C h ile In O n ly F ou r D a y s

UNLOADING BEGINS
F irst A sh o re A r e L aun ch es, T h en D iesel P ow erp lan ts F or L ight, R adio S ervice

PASSENGERS JUNE 28
2 2 F irst-F Iighters, H ead ed By W . J. E ck, O n Initial List F or P a sse n g e r S erv ice

W A SH IN G T O N .— F ive n a ­ tions— Colombia, P eru , E cu a­ dor, Chile and th e U nited S tate s—m arked w ith special ceremonies M ay 19 th e te n th an n iv ersary of th e estab lish ­ m ent of th e first a ir m ail se r­ vice between N o rth A m erica and th e countries of South A m erica’s w est coast— a se r­ vice which, in 1929, cut trav el and tra n s p o rt tim e from six­ teen to eighteen days to the Chilean ca p ita l a n d lin k e d fo u r Pacific republics directly to th e U n i t e d S t a t e s w ith A m erica’s first com mercial a ir service on th e southern conti­ nent. In strik in g co n tra st to th a t p i o n e e r i n g service, w h ic h reached South A m erica via th e “land b rid g e” over the C en tral A m erican republics, thence follow ing th e Pacific coast to Colombia, E cuador, P eru and Chile, to d a y ’s sched­ ules of “ The South A m airican” speed passengers, m ail and ex­ p ress on tw ice-w eekly sched­ ules in tw en ty hours to the P an am a C anal Zone, span w estern Colombia and join a t th e ca p ital and principal sea­ p o rt of E cuador, on the equa­ to r, by th e second day, reach L im a in tw o and a h a lf days, n o rth e rn Chile in th re e and S antiago in fo u r— exactly h alf th e tim e required ju s t ten y ea rs ago, and in a irc ra ft w hich in size, .speed and ac­ com modations fo r passengers and cargo, literally d w arf the pioneer a irc ra ft th a t began th is decade of a ir tr a n s p o r ta ­ tion history. In a plan widely hailed on both continents as a trem en ­ dous step tow ard im proving com mercial and in te rn atio n a l relationships between th e sis­ te r republics of th e two A m er­ icas, th e first a ir m ail cargo s t a r t e d f r o m t h e U nited S tates, a t M iami, ju s t ten y ears ago th is week. Over the first N orth-to-S outh A m erica Continued on Page 3

GATES AND PALEY BECOME DIRECTORS
P resident o f th e N e w Y ork T ru st C om p an y and P resid en t CBS E lected b y S tock h old ers

N E W YORK.— A t th e a n ­ nual m eeting of the stockhold­ ers of P an A m erican A irw ays on M ay 18, tw o new m em bers were elected to th e B oard of D irectors, it w as announced by C. Y. W hitney, chairm an. They a re A rtem us L. Gates, president of The New Y ork T ru s t Company, and W illiam S. Paley, presid en t of th e Co­ lum bia B roadcastin g System . M r. G ates brin g s to P an Continued on Page 7

CA N TO N ISL A N D . — In a driv in g tro p ical ra in sto rm a t 8:30 A. M. T hursday, M ay 18, th e S.S. N orth Haven arriv ed off th is island and dropped anchor, h av in g reached the goal of h er la te s t a irp o rt­ building expedition fo r P an A m erican A irw ays. I t w as th e la te s t of num erous such se r­ vices w hich th e c h a r t e r e d steam er has rendered in build­ in g up in te rn atio n a l a ir tr a n s ­ p o rt ro u tes on th e w orld’s la rg e st ocean. H er ta sk t h i s ti m e w as b rin g in g deep into th e South Pacific some 5,000 to n s of m a­ te ria ls and supplies out of w hich th e re w as to be fa b r i­ cated a new and im p o rta n t p illa r in th e projected U. S.A u stra la sia airw ay. The men of th e P an A m er­ ican a irp o rt construction crew, a considerable num ber of them Continued on Page 7

Pan American Features Biggest Working Exhibit at New Clipper Base at San Francisco World’s Fair
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SAN FRANCISCO. — The completed exhibit of P an A m er­ ican A irw ays a t th e Golden G ate In tern atio n al Exposition on T reasu re Island is a p o r­ tra y a l on “ two levels” of the sto ry of the S ystem ’s entire operation in two hem ispheres and n ea rly th ree q u arte rs of the w ay around th e globe. I t differs from all other ex­ hibits a t the W orld’s F a ir of the W est in th a t it has been so arran g ed th a t it is a tru ly w orking exhibit, show ing m any of th e sta n d ard shop, m ain te­ nance and o peratin g practices actually being carried out. This has been m ade possible by ta k ­ ing advantage of tw o things. F irs t, a rra n g in g th e principal exhibit on th e lower, or floor level of th e H all of A ir T ran s-

o o rtatio n so th a t it serves two purposes: one, a display space; and two, a dividing wall, which, while it keeps th e F a ir ’s spec­ ta to rs from in any w ay in te r­ ferin g w ith Shops and M ainte­ nance, affords them an oppor­ tu n ity of looking in upon w hat is “going on behind th e scenes.” Second, p erm ittin g a close tiein betw een th e static exhibit and th e o p eratin g base in the P o rt of T rade W inds, w here the Clippers arriv e and d ep art fo r th e Orient. The so-called H all of A ir T ran sp o rtatio n , one of th ree p erm an en t buildings on the island, is in re a lity a principal stru ctu re of th e fu tu re airp o rt. Since it is possible from the “ second level” on th e Specta­ to r s ’ G allery fo r th e public to

PO R T W A SH IN G T O N . — O peration of scheduled com­ m ercial a ir service between th e U nited S tates and E urope be­ came an a c c o m p lis h e d fa c t here on M ay 20, when Yankee Clipper, u n d er command of C aptain A rth u r E. L aP o rte, took off fo r th e Azores, Lisbon and M arseille w ith th e first load of scheduled A tlan tic a ir P resid en t J. T . T rip p e R eports m ail on th e 12th an n iv ersary of L in d b erg h ’s epochal flight to P rogress a t A n n u al S to c k ­ P aris. In h er m ail holds w as a h old ers’ M eetin g 1,600 lb. load of T ra n sa tla n tic a ir mail. N E W YORK.— E a rn in g s of Thus, T r a n s a t l a n t i c T rip P an A m erican A irw ays Corp. w ill depend to a la rg e extent No. 1, th e realizatio n of ten on th e basis of a new T ra n sp a ­ y ears of p lan n in g and tra in in g cific m ail co n tract now u nder and e x p e r i m e n t i n g to p u t c o n s i d e r a t i o n b y t h e Civil A m erica first on th e rich est of A eronautics A u th o rity , and all in te rn atio n a l ae rial tra d e th e am ount of p ay received fo r routes, w as u n d er w ay to th e c a rry in g th e m ail on th e A t­ accom panim ent of a b u rst of lantic. The com pany has o per­ applause fro m th e th ro n g of ated a t a profit so f a r th is y ear sp ectato rs lin in g th e w a te r­ f ro n t as th e Clipper, flag ship Continued on Page 11 of th e P an A m erican A irw ay s’ fleet of transoceanic a irc ra ft, slipped from th e w ate rs of M anhasset B ay and began h er long, slow climb into th e E ast. A nd in ro u tin e fash io n fo u r s u c h 9 ,3 0 0 - m ile ro u n d -trip see all th a t goes on in th e flights b e t w e e n th e U nited “w orking” are a of th is h an g ar, S tates and M arseille w ere com­ now occupied by th e tra n s ­ pleted on schedule between pacific Clippers, P an A m er­ th a t d ate and Ju n e 17, when ican’s exhibit occupying th ree Yankee Clipper’s sister ship, q u arte rs of th e H all, is also the Atlantic Clipper, took off fo r la rg e st single exhibit in th e en­ E urope w ith th e g re a te st load of hum ans ever to fly across tire Exposition. The public en ters th e H all th e N o rth A tlan tic in an a ir ­ of A ir T ran sp o rtatio n from plane. These included, in ad d i­ tion to a crew of tw elve u nder Clipper W ay, a beautifully1 C aptain W allace D. C ulbert­ landscaped w alk sep aratin g the son, tw elve n ew spaper men and H all of A ir T ran sp o rtatio n women rep rese n tin g A m erican from the sw ank Y erba B uena news associations and new s Club. A cross th e g re a t h a n g a r syndicates, from radio b ro ad ­ apron on th e opposite side of castin g rep resen tativ es, and the aviation building is th e H all two delegates from th e ran k s of F ine A rts. of P an A m erican A irw ays— As the public en ters th e H all, D irector of Public Relations w ith “W rong W ay” C orrigan’s W illiam Van Dusen and W ash­ fam ous tran s-A tla n tic crate ington Office M anager M rs. A. and th e U nited A irc ra ft Com- M. A rchibald. They w ere on a Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 2

SYSTEM EARNINGS ABOVE LAST YEAR