Pan American air ways, Vol. 8, No. 8, September 1937

              World’s Standard For Air Transpor­ tation

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SEPTEMBER, 1937
R oosevelt Peace V isit C om m em orated in B.A.
B U E N O S A IR E S. — To com m em orate th e visit of the U nited S tate s’ P resid en t Roosevelt in December, 1936, w hen he opened the P an A m erican Peace Con­ ference, A m erican A m bas­ sador A lexander W. W ed­ dell has suggested to the S tate D ep artm en t a t W ash­ ington, which has approved, th a t a plaque be placed in th e en tran ce hall of th e A m erican E m bassy. The plaque re a d s: “ The thirty-second P resid en t of the U nited S tates of A m eri­ ca, F ra n k lin Delano Roose­ velt, resided in th is em bassy from Nov. 30 to Dec. 21, 1936. “ Democracy is still the hope of th e w orld.” The quoted line is from the P re sid en t’s address in ­ a u g u ra tin g th e conference.

WAYS
OCEAN SURVEYS OF 3 AIRLINES DRAW TO CLOSE
T w e n t y - fo u r O c e a n C r o s sin g s C o m p le te d ; G e r m a n s S till F ly

B irthday For Pacific Clipper Service

PAN AMERICAN GETS 9 DOUGLAS DC-3 AIRCRAFT
P la n es R e p r e s e n t S te p U p W ith H ig h A lt itu d e C y c lo n e s a n d O x y g e n S u p p ly

Para A m erican T u rtles
S igh tseein g F eature
K IN G ST O N . — E ighteen baby tu rtle s, proteges of M anager G. Stevens Crombie of P an A m erican A ir­ w ay s’ base here, a re today on th e “m u st” list of th in g s to see in Jam aica. Since th e ir a rriv a l la st week, th e in fa n t tortoises have been holding fo rth in th e com pany’s office on H a r­ bour S treet. T here, under th e critical eye of a tra in e r specially engaged to teach th em ,th ey go th ro u g h a rou­ tin e of w alking a stra ig h t line and m aneuvering in form ations. A ccording to th e ir m en­ to r, th e babies soon w ill be riv als of th e governm ent g u ard s who p a ra d e in fro n t of K in g ’s House, th e re si­ dence of th e Governor of Jam aica.

PACIFIC CLIPPERS END FIRST YEAR WITH PASSENGERS
1 ,9 3 3 P a s s e n g e r s C a r r ie d P lu s M a il a n d E x p r e ss; C a r g o E x ­ c e e d s H a lf M illio n T o n s

NINE FOR DELIVERY
W ill O p e r a te in S o u th A m e r ic a o n B o th C o a s ts a n d in M e x ic o

85,000 MILES COVERED
P a n A m e r ic a n C r o s s e s 6 T im e s ; B r itish 1 0 a n d G e r m a n s 8 t o D a te

PASSENGERS EXPLAIN
T w o M en T e ll o f B o a r d in g P la n e S im p ly B e c a u s e T h e y W a n te d to G o S o m e w h e r e

SAN FR A N C ISC O . — The PO R T W A SH IN G T O N . — B R O W N SV IL LE . — N ine first y ea r of p assenger service D u rin g Septem ber, th e A tla n ­ new D ouglas DC-3 airlin ers on P an A m e r i c a n A irw ays tic a ir continued to buzz w ith now being delivered to Pan T ranspacific a ir ro u te to the th e sound of survey propellers American A irw ays System O rient w as completed w ith th e as th e sea-going airp lan es of here re p re se n t a definite step d e p a rtu re of th e P hilippine E ngland and G erm any cruised upw ard in high altitu d e o per­ Clipper fro m A lam eda on W ed­ back and fo rth betw een A m er­ ation. nesday, October 20. I t w as ex­ ica and E urope, searching into S im ilar in basic respects to actly one y ea r less a day th a t th e v ag aries of w ind and the DC-3’s w hich a re flying the th e H aw aii C lipper departed w eath er, t e s t i n g equipm ent, tran sco n tin en tal rou tes w ith ­ from th e sam e te rm in al c a rry ­ tra in in g crews. By th e end of in th e U nited S tates, th e new ing th e first re g u la r passengers th e m onth, th e sum m er’s p ro ­ Pan A m erican planes a re d is­ to fly by a irlin e r across th e gram of experim ental flights tinguished by th e first of the w orld’s la rg e st ocean. w as n early com pleted w ith only new high altitu d e engines, the P an A merican A ir W ays th e G erm ans still flying. The W right G-103 Cyclones, super for October, 1936, inform s us la tte r w ere to continue u n til charged to deliver fu ll c ru is­ of th a t in a u g u ra l p assenger m id-Novem ber. ing horsepow er up to 10,000 flight in th e follow ing w ords: The score-board of ro u tin e feet. T his new Cyclone is ra te d The bustle about th e tem po­ ocean crossings w as im p re ss­ A m e r ic a n B a s e t o b e M o v e d to a t 1,000 horsepow er fo r ta k e ­ B u t N e w M y s te r y A r is e s A s r a r y P an A m erican T ra n s ­ ive. A ltogether, th e th ree n a M a r y la n d C ity A b o u t off, 860 fo r cruising. D eliv­ R e c o r d o f T r e a su r e pacific te rm in al a t A lam eda on tional a ir lines w hich ex N o v e m b e r 1 st ery of fu ll cruising horsepow er Is F o u n d th e aftern o o n of October 21 changed facilities and o p era­ a t 10,000 feet m eans th a t the N E W YORK. — A ir service w as like n o thing so m uch as tional services in th e ex p e ri­ W A K E ISL A N D . — A erial one-engine ceiling of th e new m ental p ro g ram , A m erica’s to B erm uda th is w in te r w ill be th e cheerful process of any Douglas is a t th a t level, and passengers who step ashore a t P an A m erican A irw ays, E n g ­ over a ro u te from B altim ore, ste am er’s d e p a r t u r e . L ast the service ceiling on tw o en tin y little W ake Island in th e la n d ’s Im p erial A irw ays, and Md. to B erm uda, according to m inute checking of baggage. middle of th e Pacific, five th o u ­ gines is boosted to 25,000 feet sand miles off th e A m erican G erm any’s D eutsche L u fth an - an announcem ent a t th e New F rie n d s in h o l i d a y m o o d . for norm al operation. m ade tw en ty -fo u r cross- Y ork offices of P an A m eri­ L au g h in g farew ells. L ast m in ­ The forthcom ing “ S tra to ­ m ainland, fo r th e ir th ird over ings, each so u n eventful as to can A irw ays System . The u te prom ises to w rite. One n ig h t stop on th e w ay to th e sphere L in e r” (Boeing 307-S) be alm ost en tirely lacking in move w ill ta k e place some tim e bell ra n g and th e crew filed is designed to op erate r e g u la r­ O rient, have been in trig u ed down th e long dock to tak e news values. I t w as indeed a f te r November 1. ly a t such altitu d es w ith full and mystified—by a ru sty old Both P an A m erican A irw ays th e ir statio n s on th e H aw aii a f a r cry fro m th e old days, ship’s anchor w hich P an A m er­ supercharged fuselage. U n til when adventurous souls dared and Im p erial A irw ays w ill op­ Clipper. Two bells and th e they a re actually on th e line, ican’s first construction expe­ th e fu ry of th e A tlan tic in e ra te th e ir services fro m th e p assengers followed them down however, th e new high altitude dition to th e islands first dis little single-engined p l a n e s , B altim ore M unicipal A irp o rt th e w alkw ay. F ive m inutes covered, h a lf buried, on one of DC-3’s w ill afford an o p p o rtu ­ often w ithout adequate ground th is w in ter, th e te m p o rary se r­ la te r and th e big ship w as ta x i­ n ity fo r some im p o rta n t ex p eri­ the reefs. I t w as carefully dug s u p e r v i s i o n o r a c c u r a t e vice base a t P o rt W ashington ing out th ro u g h th e gap in th e m ental w ork on th e high lanes. out and w as m ounted on a L. I. being un su itab le fo r w in­ b rea k w a ter fo r th e take-off.” w eath er fo recasts. F o r th is use th e DC-3’s w ill be concrete se ttin g in th e islan d ’s A ny w eekly d ep a rtu re since T his sum m er’s flights,backed te r operations. The new m u n i­ tin y “ P a rk ,” a symbol of the equipped w ith cockpit tan k s th a t in a u g u ra l flight m ig h t be cipal a irp o rt fo r New Y ork by widely experienced ground fo r th e crew and w ing tan k s exciting h isto ry of these little organization, m ade in th e l a t ­ C ity a t N o rth Beach, L. I., p ro ­ described in th e sam e w ay fo r th e cabin to deliver oxy­ coral atolls. G athered around est four-engined, fu lly in s tru ­ jected by th e city as a base fo r w ithout th e change of a single it, every newcomer would con­ gen as needed d u rin g p ro ­ m ented sea-going a irc ra ft, and A tlan tic operations, including word. B u t change th e re has longed cruising a t high levels. ju re up rom antic p ictu res of m anned by m u ltip le crews th e B erm uda service, b u t th is been — ro u tin es have become These new high altitu d e type shipw recks a t sea, of p irates tra in e d to th e m inute in th e a irp o rt w ill n o t have facilities sm oother th a n “ smooth.” De­ D ouglas skyliners a re equipped bold, of even th e A ncient M a ri­ intricacies of th e ir jobs, p ro ­ available fo r scheduled o p era­ pendability and r e g u l a r i t y ner. B ut no one had even a h in t w ith a new type of wheel de­ vided a study in nonchalance. tion before some tim e in th e have become term s of higher veloped by Goodyear— a small of its tru e story. The only clues The P an A m erican A irw ays sp rin g or sum m er a t th e earli and m ore significant m eaning th ey could find w ere tw o or circum ference, low pressu re as th e subtle w eight of ac­ p ro g ram w as com plete fo r th e est. th ree le tte rs, alm ost ru sted be­ air-w heel ty p e of tire , p a rtic u ­ cum ulated experience in th e In th e m eantim e, th e re has sum m er, and th e P a n A m e r­ la rly adapted fo r use on w et yond identification, on th e back ican C lipper h ad seen service been adopted fo r th e B erm uda operation of lo n g -ran g e a ir ­ of th e huge iron arm . They fields. They also incorporate on th e B erm uda ru n , rep lacin g service a m id-w eek excursion c ra ft over a 9,000-mile T ra n s ­ a new ty p e of b rake—the sounded like th e end of a Ger­ th e B erm uda C lipper w hen it ra te . P assen g ers m ay m ake oceanic a i r w a y h a v e b e e n “disc” type, as distinguished m an nam e. T here w as a piece became necessary to lay up the th e round tr ip fo r $100, flying added. And not th e le ast im ­ from th e usual shoe-and-drum of a date, too— 1800 som ething on th e m id-week schedules of p o rta n t fa c to r in th is invisible la tte r fo r rep a irs. —b u t th a t is all. Inquiries w ere type commonly used. T his sy s­ eith er P an A m erican A irw ays change has been th e acceptance A lthough th e A m erican fly tem seems to provide m ore pos­ m ade a t Lloyd’s Shipping B u­ ers m ade th e le ast num ber of or Im p erial A irw ays, and th e of th e d ep a rtu re s and a rriv a ls itive break in g force and less­ reau s on both sides of th e of th e C lippers th ro u g h the ocean b u t no source could shed trip s and covered the sm allest p riv ileg e of stopover from ens “locking” difficulties. Golden G ate as a usual and one m id-w eek to th e n ex t is in m ileage of an y of th e th ree, The cabins a re arra n g e d any lig h t on th is grim rem ind­ th ere w as special significance eluded. Also, th e re is a special commonplace o c c u r r e n c e by som ew hat differently, p r in ­ er of a tra g e d y a t sea. The story possibilities in ­ in th e c h a racter of th e flights ra te fo r a com bination se a-air th e tra v e lin g public and by the cipally to allow efficient in te r ­ made. The P an A m erica n jo u rn ey , by a ir in one direction populace a t large. operation of P an A m erican’s trig u e d G. W. Bicknell, W ake’s Since th e in a u g u ra tio n of Clipper covered both th e N o rth and sea in th e other. This sta n d ard m ultiple crew. The first A irp o rt M anager. He th e T ranspacific a ir service Continued on Page 3 C ontinued on Page 5 Continued on Page 4 C ontinued on Page 4

ANCHOR MYSTERY AT WAKE SOLVED

BALTIMORE TO GET BERMUDA SERVICE