Clipper, Vol. 11, No. 14, July 21, 1955

              20th YEAR PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
Read From California To Calcutta, From Alaska To Australasia
23rd YEAR PAA HAS FLOWN IN ALASKA
Vol. 11 NO. 14	PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS	July 21, 1955
STRATO-SPRINTERS TOE THE MARK
Susan Bryan and Andy Lerios are poised to take off on their race around the world in connection with the “Flight-O-Rama” scheduled at San Francisco International Airport the end of this month. Susan holds a model of a Clipper that she hopes will get her across the finish line first, while Andy, who will start out on PAA, clutches a United Air Lines Mainliner that he’s betting will get him back to San Francisco a winner.
ON YOUR MARK , , , GET SET , , , FLY
San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce Pits Man Against Woman In First Round-the-World Race
Tokyo Conference Held To Boost Cargo Sales
Meeting Climaxes Two-Year Orient-U.S.A. Cargo Program
Pan American cargo experts from major points in the Far East gathered in Tokyo this week for a conference designed to provide the finest possible service for Pacific area shippers and consignees.
This conference, attended by representatives from New York, San Francisco, Honolulu, Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Manila, provided a climax for the intensive Orient-USA cargo sales program activated in 1953.
Because about 75 per cent of the Orient air cargo business centers in the New York area, PAA cargo representatives from several Far Eastern points were called to New York to get a “closeup” experience with the situation there.
Participating in the Tokyo conference were Paul Apostol, cargo sales superintendent in the New York sales office, J. V. Velasquez from Manila, F. Cheung from Hong Kong, Al Otter from Osaka, M. Sano, Bill Ortwin, S. Hasegawa and K. Aoki, all from Tokyo, Gene Stover from Honolulu and S. S. Liang from Bangkok.
From PAD headquarters came (Continued on Page 6)
CARGO MOGULS
Paul Apostol from the New York district sales office, left, chatted briefly two weeks ago at San Francisco with PAD Cargo Sales Superintendent John Rogers before leaving for a tour of the Orient. The two met again this week in Tokyo, where they are attending the USA-Orient cargo conference.
The San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce will stage a race around the world in connection with its “Flight-O-Rama” celebration at San Francisco International Airport on July 30 and 31.
Travel agent Andy Lerios will leave San Francisco next Monday night by Clipper. He will fly PAA to Manila, where he will hoard a KLM flight to Karachi. From there he will speed to London with some assistance from Air France.
Andy will again use Pan American to cross the Atlantic, and he will make the final hop from New York to San Francisco on United Air Lines.
1'he scheduled elapsed time for his trip is 111 hours and 15 minutes.
His opponent in the novel race will be Susan Bryan of the Clift Travel Service in San Francisco. She will circle the world east-bound, leaving San Francisco for New York on American Airlines just an hour and five minutes after
Andy’s Clipper departs.
She, too, will cross the Atlantic on Pan American, landing in Paris where she will hurry aboard an Air France flight for Tokyo. Susan will then go back to Pan American for the stretch dash to San Francisco.
Scheduled elapsed time for her trip is 106 hours and 55 minutes. She is due hack in San Francisco at 11:30 on July 30th—three hours and 15 minutes ahead of Andy.
Barring any delays both have a chance to crack the existing nonjet round-the-world commercial record of 115 hours and 38 minutes. This was set in 1952 by a Frenchman.
The pair will pass in the air somewhere east of Karachi, hut since Susan will he heading for Calcutta and Andy coming from Rangoon there won’t he any winking in the sky.
This race is just one part of the two-day celebration. Airlines and military aviation units will also have displays open to the public.
PAA Embarks On Big Pilot Hiring Campaign
Employment Office I'leeds Help To Find Qualified Applicants
Pan American needs pilots.
Due to expanding operations it is contemplated that a large number of pilots will be hired within the next 12 months. Due to a scarcity of aualified pilots, employees are asked to send any interested friends to the employment office.
Applicants must be between 21 and 30 years old. Preference will he given to younger applicants. They must have completed two years of college or its equivalent.
Flight requirements include 750 CAA hours with a commercial and instrument rating.
Applicants must also pass a company medical examination and preemployment tests and must be capable of obtaining a United States passport and a U. S. security clearance.
A full list of qualifications can he obtained in the employment office.
PAA's Offer To Invest In PAL Declined By Government
After three months of deliberation the Philippine cabinet has declined the offer of Pan American to invest $1,000,000 in Philippine Air Lines. At present PAL operates only regional and domestic routes.
DECORATION DAY
Thailand’s Prime Minister, Field Marshal P. Pibulsonggram, is shown here confering upon Marty Taylor, DTSM in Bangkok, the 4th Class of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant. The honor was bestowed upon Marty for his work in connection with the Thai Goodwill Mission that recently completed a round-the-world trip on Pan American.