Clipper, Vol. 7, No. 1, January 4, 1951

              15th YEAR PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
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18TH YEAR PAA HAS FLOWN IN ALASKA
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
JUST A SHELL OF ITS FUTURE SELF
This may not look like much right now, but by next July (if all the materials can be procured) some 53,000 man-hours will have this B-377, the prototype plane used by Boeing during the months of testing and proving flights, ready to fly the regular routes of Pan American. Acquisition of this plane brought to 29 the number of such planes in the PAA fleet, almost three times as many as any other airline using the double-decked luxury plane. The extensive modification program has been tagged “project 20.” The interior must be completely done. This includes floors, stairwell, lounge, rest rooms, insulation and sound-proofing—to list only a few items. Emergency exits must be built. Oxygen, air-conditioning, pressurization, water and radio systems must be installed. The existing electrical system must be totally re-built. The powerplants must be rebuilt and modernized. The bulk of the airplane’s component parts must be overhauled. Nearly 600 PAA engineering authorizations must be accomplished. In order to plan the work a separate “project 20” office has been set up where men from planning, engineering and the shops are working out the production details.
IT'S A MAN'S WORLD ONCE AGAIN
All Dependents at Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok Are Coming Back Home "Just in Case"
Vol. 7 No. 1
PAA's Employee Commute Service to LA is Ended
1951 Schedules Put Aircraft On "Double V" Route Pattern
One important change, insofar as employees are concerned, in the PAD’s new schedules for 1951 that was not made clear in the previous account is this: There will be no more daily flights between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Aircraft will now be routed between San Francisco and Los Angeles over the old “double V” pattern via Honolulu both ways, rather than the “double O” routing. Only when maintenance requirements demand that an aircraft fly from Los Angeles to San Francisco or vice versa will there be any company transportation available to employees.
Such trips will probably be operated about once each week. Tentatively scheduled for Thursday, the operation of such flights will necessarily be subject to many variable factors, and employees are cautioned not to count on the regular operation of the “bargain Boeing basement” run between the west coast cities.
CAA estimates indicate a total of 1,666,000 revenue passengers flew on the United States international airlines during 1950.
PIPE THIS
Exclusive in Auckland on the occasion of the PAD’s 15th birthday was a guest in full Scottish dress, complete with swaying kilts and swirling pipes. He was Ron Brown of maintenance and also of the City of Auckland Pipe Band. Ron is seen here offering a sandwich to Constance Faddy of traffic, and behind her is Captain “Buckshot” Lien.
Pan American has suddenly acquired a brand new crop of bachelors. Of course, they’re of the temporary variety, but nonetheless it’s going to be a man’s world — for awhile, at least — at Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong.
As a precautionary measure the company has decided to bring home all dependents of employees at those three stations, all on the fringe of trouble areas in the unsettled Far East.
It is anticipated that the pilgrimage home of the wives and children will be completed by January 15th.
All assignments to these stations will henceforth be made on a six month’s basis, the same as they now are for married men who go
overseas without their wives. Naturally, the employee may elect to extend his assignment if he so desires. In most cases married men whose wives are brought home as a result of this policy will remain for six months and then be replaced.
Altho there was no present need for this move, company officials felt it best to be prepared for any emergency that might develop at a later date.
San Francisco’s International Airport lost one of its best boosters when the radio show “Flight International” was discontinued by station KNBC at the end of the year. Emcee Aaron Edwards has given Pan American many a plug over this entertaining program.
January 4, 1951
Your Blood Desperately Needed by Gl's in Korea
Blook Banks Falling Behind In Meeting War Requirements
The Irwin Memorial Hood Bank and the Red Cross have issued a desperate call for blood donors. Our armed forces in Korea are truly dependent upon civilian donations of blood for their very lives.
This is one appeal that doesn’t cost you a single penny, and the donor has the satisfaction of knowing that a gift of 20 minutes of his time and a pint of blood will make it possible that some battle-weary soldier will live instead of dying on the frozen ground of Korea.
All donations received on Tuesday and Friday at blood donor center in San Mateo’s Mills Hospital go to the Red Cross for shipment to Korea. Donations may be made on Tuesday from 1 to 7 p. m. and on Friday from 8 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Be sure to make an appointment before going to the hospital. Call Wyatt Fisher in Personnel on 378 or the Red Cross blood donor center at the hospital, Diamond 3-4561.
Those who live in the city may give at the Irwin Memorial Blood Bank from 9 a. m. to 6:45 p. m. Monday thru Friday and from 9 a. m. to 3:45 p. m. on Saturday. Again, phone for an appointment before going. The number JO 7-6400.
This is an urgent appeal. Please help.
SOMEONE'S BLOOD SAVED HIS LIFE
A wounded U. S. Marine reads a letter from home as he receives a transfusion of blood plasma near a battlefront south of Wonsan. This life-saving plasma was provided by volunteer donors through the Red Cross. (Acme photo).