Clipper, Vol. 9, No. 7, April 16, 1953

              18th YEAR PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
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Read From California to Calcutta, From Alaska To Australasia
21st YEAR PAA HAS FLOWN IN ALASKA
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
SHINE YOUR SLEEVE, SKIPPER
Stewardess Mildred Pluto is all set to put a sparkling shine on the new uniform coats being modeled by Flight Engineer Win Horne, left, and Captain Bob Delareuelle, right. Not yet adopted, the sleeve insignia has been proposed as an addition to all Pan American pilot and engineer uniforms. Not discernible in this picture is the red band on either side of the center stripe in the flight engineer’s uniform. First and second officers, not shown here, will wear three and two gold stripes respectively.
THAR'S GOLD ON THEM THAR SLEEVES
Proposed New Uniforms for PAA Pilots and Flight Engineers Now on Display in Chief Pilot's Office
Vol. 9 No. 7_____________________
Panair Club Slates Lei Day Dance for May 1st
Two Round Trips to Land of The Crap Table to Be Awarded
In the Hawaiian Islands May Day has long meant Lei Day, and in keeping with this tradition the San Francisco Panair Club is importing some of the Island atmosphere for its members on this coming May 1st.
On that date the club is presenting its first Lei Day Dance at the Green Hills Country Club in Mill-brae. Just to get everyone in the proper mood, a beautiful floral lei will be presented to every girl attending the dance.
The tickets went on sale Wednesday, April 15th, for Panair Club members only. The price? A measly two bucks per couple. To allow ample elbow room on the dance floor, ticket sales will be limited; so get your pasteboards early to avoid having to take your date to some expensive joint.
However, if all the available tickets have not been sold by April 22nd, the sale will be opened to all employees, whether or not they are members of the club. Price of tickets to non-members will be three dollars per couple. Drinks will be available at reasonable prices.
Ticket sales will be handled by Panair Club representatives.
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GRAY CAPS NOW
The march of progress at SFO has thrown another familiar sight into limbo—red caps for the porters. Porters are now sporting a snappy new headpiece as modeled above by Clarence Simmons, head porter in the Terminal. The cap is made of gray whipcord, with luggage tan yellow bill, and a built-in “fifty - mission crush.” Badge on front is emblematic of the profession. It depicts a flying suitcase with full wings sprouting at either side.
Pan American flight crews may soon have a new spring outfit.
Currently on display in the chief pilot’s offices in all three PAA divisions are models of the new uniforms that have been designed. Pilots and flight engineers will be asked to inspect the uniforms and to offer suggestions and comments.
Before any action is taken toward effecting any change, the pilots and flight engineers will be consulted.
Actually, the changes are minor, altho the effect created could hardly be termed such. Captains will have four gold stripes on each sleeve, first officers three, second officers two. Flight engineers will have three gold stripes, with a red stripe on each side of the middle stripe.
There is also an addition to the unfiorm to be worn south and west of Honolulu, that is, when flight crews do not normally wear the coat. This is a pair of epaulettes, small insignia to be worn on the shoulder loops of the shirt. These are an exact duplicate of the coat sleeve insignia.
These proposed changes will increase the public relations effective-
ness of the flight crew members, in that each will be more readily identifiable with his job on the airplane to our passengers.
If adopted, the change will put an end to the glory experienced by one first officer with a rather sparse crop of hair on his head. As he always says. “I love to take my hat Off in front of passengers. Then they all think Pm the captain.”
Performance Improved 250% With New B6 Boeing Engines
The conversion from the B3 to the B6 engine on PAD Strato Clippers is now 97 per cent completed. Over 45,000 engine hours of B6 operation has indicated a 250 per cent improvement in engine failure rate. The incidence of delays is 40 per cent better, and the delay time is slightly less than one-half that experienced with the B3 engine.
The B6 trouble rate is considerably lower on all items except baffles, oil pressure regulators, magnetos and ignition harness. The latter two items are responsible for the majority of troubles on the B6, and continued effort is being made to correct the condition.
April 16, 1953
PAD Studies Jet Stream For U. S. Navy Project
Beamer, Serebreny Carry On Job Begun as Research I 5 Years Ago
Pan American’s pioneer work in riding and studying the jet stream —'that band of high-altitude wind which sweeps eastward across the Pacific at speeds up to 250 miles per hour—has led to a contract by the U. S. Navy for the company to make a long-range, comprehensive study of the stream.
Riding the jet stream out of Japan, our Clippers are now flying the 3900 miles from Tokyo to Honolulu—longest non-stop scheduled flight in the world—in HV2 hours, by-passing the fuel stop at Wake Island and clipping seven hours and 400 miles from flight schedules.
The project is being sponsored under contract by the Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics Project AROWA (Applied Research, Operational Weather Analyses). Carol Beamer, PAD Meteorology Superintendent, and Sid Serebreny, Technical Supervisor of Meteorology, head the research program for PAD.
The project will attempt to clarify and further the understanding of the major features of the Pacific jet stream and to make a complete (Continued on Page 6)
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PAA’s Station Operations Manager at Wake, Dick Fisher, right, took time out last month to show Adlai Stevenson around the island when the presidential candidate’s Clipper was transiting the station. The pair are shown here looking at one of the island’s many historical spots.