Pan American air ways, Vol. 6, No. 4, July 1935

              COMMERCIAL AIR TRAFFIC INCREASES FIRST HALF 1935
P a n A m e ric a n T ra ffic F ig u re s R eflect T r a d e R e c o v e ry In In te rn a tio n a l F ie ld

A NEW SKYLINE ON THE VAST PACIFIC

“PAN AMERICAN” CROSSES PACIFIC TO WAKE ISLAND
O n Im p re s siv e S c h e d u le , C o m ­ p le te s T h ird F lig h t to H a w a ii, — 3 ,0 0 0 M iles to 3 rd B ase

ALSO TOURIST GAIN
F irs t Six M o n th s o f 1 9 3 5 S how 4 4 % In c re a s e In N u m b e r o f P a s s e n g e rs C a rrie d

10,064-MILE SCHEDULE
T h re e N ew M e m b e rs A d d e d to C re w In T ra in in g F o r R e g ­ u la r S e rv ice

N E W YORK.— Being close­ ly keyed to th e jo in t efforts of th e A d m inistration and A m erican business o rganiza­ tions tow ard recovery of tra d e in th e W est Indies, C entral and S o u t h A m erica, P an A m erican A irw ays System re ­ ports traffic figures fo r the first six m onths of 1935, which indicate th e increase effected in com m ercial activ ity be­ tween th e A m eric as! W hile to u rist tra v e l continues to make la rg e gains, th e la rg e r bulk of in te rn atio n a l a ir t r a f ­ fic comes from A m erican busi­ ness in terests. The num ber of passengers carried d u rin g th e first six m onths of 1935 w as 79,269, as a g a in st 55,297 fo r th e same period of 1934, rep rese n tin g an increase of 44% . P assen ­ ger m iles have also increased su b stan tially over th e same m onths of la s t year, w ith 40% m ore round trip tickets being sold th is year th a n last. The num ber of executives of im p o rta n t A m erican or­ ganizations engaged in fo r­ eign tra d e who have traveled over the in te rn atio n a l airlines in 1935 have so f a r doubled in volume over any previous y ea r’s record, indicatin g the active drive being m ade fo r foreign tra d e recovery. A p­ proxim ately 78% of all traffic over th e System is “com mer­ cial”— executives, salesm en or officials trav e lin g on business assignm ents. T ravel ag e n ts re p o rt th is to be th e ir best a ir tra v e l y ea r and th e num ber of bookings received by P an A m erican from th is source has showed a su b stan tia l g ain over prev i­ ous figures. W ith th e new la rg e r equip­ m ent being placed in service and w ith f a s te r schedules ex­ pected to be established in the fall, P an A m erican A ir­ w ays looks fo r a continued increase in in te rn atio n a l air traffic, both com mercial and to u rist.

A LAM ED A . — D estined fo r a tin y dot more th a n 5,000 miles out into the Pacific, W ake Island, th e th ird m id­ ocean a ir base of P an A m erim an A irw ay s’ a e ria l bridge to th e O rient, th e Pan A m er­ ican Clipper, on A u g u st 9 set out over th e track less sea on her th ird scheduled flight across th e w estern ocean. A board th e pioneering C lipper on th e flight, the first ever made to th e W ake Islands, w as a tra in in g crew of eight members. R. O. D. Sulli­ van, first officer on all p re ­ vious Pacific flights, w as cap­ ta in of th e Pan Am erican Woke Island— 5,000 miles out in the Pacific from California, deserted for centuries, is today a bustling com­ Clipper. In his crew w ere J. munity— the third mid-ocean air base for trans-Pacific Clipper Ships H. Tilton, first officer; V ictor A. W rig h t, engineering of­ ficer; F red Noonan, n av ig a­ P red icts R egu lar S ervice tion officer; W. T u rn e r J a r O ver O cean Soon boe, rad io officer; M. C. W eb­ er, ju n io r flight officer; H. R. H O N O LU LU . — A t th e S c a d ta A irlin e s T ri-m o to r F o rd L a s t in E x h a u s tiv e S e rie s of E n ­ C anaday, second navigation P e a rl H arb o r base here to g in e e rin g C h e c k s to b e C o n v e rte d to “ F ly in g C h a p e l” officer; and (fz'om Honolulu welcome th e Pan Am erican M ad e b y P a n A m e ric a n F o r H ig h C le rg y of B o g o ta on) Phillip B erst, second en­ Clipper, on successful com­ B A L T I M O R E .— F o r the BOGOTA.— A r a th e r unique g ineering officer. pletion of its th ird cross­ and rem ark ab le event in the purpose o f f a m i l i a r i z i n g ing from C alifornia to H a­ L ea v es T h ro u g h F o g them selves w ith th e h an dling w aii, th e P o stm aster Gen­ h isto ry of aviation occured A fre sh w ind whipped in connection w ith th e E u ­ of th e g ia n t “ C lipper No. 7,” eral of th e U nited S tates ch aristic Congress now be­ across San Francisco B ay as shortly to be launched on th e Jam es A. F arley , said th a t ing held a t M edellin, Colom­ th e tw enty-ton “ C lipper S hip” e x h a u s t i v e series of accep­ he believed re g u la r a ir tan ce te s t flights, re p re se n ta ­ m ail service between H a­ bia, w hen th e Holy S acra­ skimmed th ro u g h th e w ate r m ent of th e P rim a te C athe­ and rose easily into th e a ir tives of P an A m erican’s op­ w aii and th e coast would d ra l of Bogota w as tr a n s ­ a f te r a ru n of less th a n e ra tin g dep artm en ts a re a l­ be a re a lity w ithin 90 read y a t B altim ore read y to ported by a ir to Medellin. tw en ty seconds. A heavy cu r­ days. Perm ission to tra n s p o rt the ta in of fog rolled th ro u g h tak e over. E x p ressin g en th u siastic C aptain E dw in C. Musick, p raise on av iatio n ’s p ro ­ sacram en t by a ir w as g r a n t­ the Golden G ate and extend­ ed by A rchbishop Gonzalez, ed out to sea fo r th ir ty miles Chief P ilot of th e Caribbean gress, M r. F a rle y said th e obtained th ro u g h m ediation b u t th e C lipper w as “on Division, has been assigned as day w as not f a r d istan t te s t pilot. W ith C ap tain Mu­ when p assengers would be of th e P re sid en t of th e Re­ to p ” in a few m inutes and headed on th e G reat Circle sick a t th e M artin p la n t are public. able to cross th e A tlan tic C aptain R alph D ahlstrom , A tri-m o to r F o rd w as con­ Course fo r P e a rl H arbor, as well as th e Pacific as A pprentice P ilot S. P. Crago, verted into a “ flying chapel” 2,410 miles aw ay. sw iftly and safely as P an F lig h t E ng in eer C.D. W right, w ith a sm all a lta r and flow­ The p ro ject fo r th is th ird A m erican’s flight c r e w s Radio Technician C. A. Paffe, ers and th e sacred charge flight, which would ta k e th e have crossed th e w estern and Com m unications Service w as accom panied by th e high C lipper n early 11,000 miles ocean. E ngineer T. R. R unnells. clergy of Bogota who re ­ before re tu rn in g to th e A la­ R. W. Beecher, resid en t fa c ­ m ained on th e ir knees p ra y ­ meda base, called fo r meteo­ to ry inspector for P an A m er­ ing d u rin g th e en tire flight. rological research, completion ican A irw ays, has been a s­ A t Medellin th e plane w as of certain engineering stu d ­ signed to th e M a rtin p la n t given a m ost im pressive re ­ ies, and coordination of P an SA N FR A N C ISC O .— Coast ception, since construction of the all church bells A m erican’s m i d - o c e a n a ir g u ard cu tters sped to th e G ulf rin g in g , fa c to ry sirens sh riek ­ bases in p rep a ra tio n fo r the “ C lipper S hips” w as begun. The M a rtin ty p e “ Clipper of A laska upon receiving r a ­ ing and a th ro n g of more forthcom ing scheduled a ir S hips” a re now in th e final dio rep o rts from a Pacific- th a n 60,000 persons and 3,000 tra n s p o rt service to link stage of th e m a u fa c tu re r’s A laska A irw ays p ilot th a t he autom obiles w a itin g a t the A m erica and th e F a r E ast. te s t flights and th e series of had sighted a plane, ca rry in g a irp o rt. C oordinating celestial n av ig a­ engineering checks m ade u n ­ one w om an and th re e men, Over 1,300 pilgrim s have tion w ith radio compass der th e supervision of th e which a p p a re n tly w as forced alread y been tra n sp o rte d over bearings, P an A m erican’s di­ D epartm ent of Commerce fo r down a f te r leaving Cordova, th e Scadta airlin es to the rectional radio sta tio n s a t AlA laska, fo r Ju n eau . licensing purposes. Holy Congress. Continued on Page 10

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