Clipper, Vol. 13, No. 4, February 21, 1957

              Read From California To Calcutta, From Alaska To Australasia
Vol. 13 NO. 4	PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF PAH AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS	February 21, 1957
THEY MAKE A PRETTY FAST CROWD
This is part of the crew that spanned the Pacific non-stop between Tokyo and Seattle in just 14 hours and two minutes. On the left is Captain Ben Harrell, who was in command of the flight. In the center is stewardess Eva Kidney, ,and at right is Captain Dent Terrell. This picture was taken after the DC-7C landed at San Francisco International Airport. See page four for more pictures.
A REAL SWISH JOB
Commercial Record Set As DC-7C Streaks Non-Stop From Tokyo To Seattle in 14 Hours Two Minutes
A Pan American DC-7C set a new commercial speed record on February 10th when it flew nonstop from Tokyo to Seattle in 14 hours and two minutes. The Clipper was commanded hy Captain Ben Harrell, chief check pilot for the PAD.
On board the military charter trip were 80 passengers.
The plane covered the 4,920 miles at an average ground speed of 360 miles an hour. The average wind component was plus 48. Highest tail wind during the flight was 133 miles an hour. The flight was conducted at altitudes ranging from 15,000 to 21,000 feet.
The flight path was planned so as to take advantage of the best winds. The route took the Clipper directly over Adak in the Aleutians.
After a layover of two hours and 38 minutes at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport the Super-7 took off for San Francisco. Total elapsed time between Tokyo and San Francisco was 19 hours and 40 minutes.
Pan American's present schedule
between Tokyo and San Francisco over the mid-Pacific island route is 29 hours. Over the same route to Seattle the schedule, is 28 hours and 15 minutes.
Others in the record-smashing crew besides Captain Harrell included Captain Dent Terrell, 1st Officer Ed Jakle, 1st Officer Ben Lorenz, who is pilot in charge of navigation, 2nd Officer Ronald Hay, Flight Engineers “Swede” Rothe and Steve McCrea, Purser John Hurley and Stewardesses Donna Shoemaker and Eva Kidney.
No Surprise—NWA Opposes PAA Great Circle Application
Northwest Airlines in a brief to the CAB opposed Pan American’s bid for a Great Circle route in the Re-Opened Trans-Pacific Route Case. “The ultimate price of Pan American’s boundless route ambitions,” NWA said, “is increased cost to the taxpayer and deteriorating service to the traveling public.” Oral argument on the case was held yesterday.
Colonel Young Elected President Of PATA
PAA Vice President Will Head Group's Tourist Promotion
The Pacific Area Travel Association has just elected Colonel C. M. Young its new president. The voting took place at the 6th annual conference of the organization this month in Canberra, capital of Australia.
Colonel Young, in accepting leadership of PATA, cited several factors which he said have made a vast impact on the American traveling public. He predicted a record year for travel to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific in general.
As travel stimulators he listed the recent Olympic Games in Australia, Matson’s new service to the South Pacific, and the PATA meeting itself, which attracted 150 representatives from 12 count-tries and islands in the Pacific.
He commended the internal strength of PATA, with members combining their efforts to develop tourist facilities, improve travel and accommodation standards and streamline travel formalities.
“These factors show that the infant organization, assisted by the various governments, transportation companies, tourist and travel organizations constitute a major moving force in focusing thousands of travelers now looking toward the Pacific,” Colonel Young said.
And All The Time We Thought It Was An Inverted Salad Bowl
There’s a new landmark on the Honolulu skyline that has air travelers wondering. Conjecture has run from a warehouse to a cyclotron. Actually the new structure is the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium, which will seat 1,500 persons. It is built of aluminum in the shape of a huge dome and is located on the grounds of Kaiser’s Hawaiian Village. By using pre-cast aluminum the structure was completed in one week-end.
First Boeing 707 Is Now Due Two Months Ahead Of Schedule
Boeing has stepped up the production schedule on the first 707 jet transport by advancing its completion date approximately two months. The first commerçai 707 will now' be number 15 in the production (KC-135) line at the company’s Renton plant instead of number 22 as earlier estimated.
DICK'S BUY LINE
San Francisco Panair Club prexy Dick Burfeind believes the sure way to success is to start at the top and work do>wn. So it was that he started the club's 1957 membership campaign olf last week by selling a card to Executive Vice President Robert B. Murray, Jr. The drive will last until March 11th. One dollar invested now entitles you to participate in the drawing for the three cash prizes as well as to be eligible for countless other benefits during the coming year.
PAA's Version Of Monroe Doctrine Due For Repeal
Monroe’s restaurant in San Francisco has been getting a lot of phone calls from Scheduling, being put on stand-by and assigned to trips. The owner is becoming so distraught that he is considering learning to fly.
The horrible mistake started one day in the chief pilot’s office when Miss Lee recommended the restaurant to Betty Barrett as a good place to eat. On a piece of scratch paper she wrote down the name and telephone number and handed it to Betty.
A few days later Betty uncovered the piece of paper on her desk. It read “Monroe’s— JOrdan 7-4550.”
“Did Jerry Monroe (co-pilot Jerry Monroe) change his phone number?” she asked of Miss Lee.
“I suppose so, if 1 gave it to you,” she replied. So Betty phoned the “new” number over to Scheduling. And that’s why the restaurant owner doesn’t know whether to throw a couple of steaks on the fire or pack his bag for Tokyo.