Clipper, Vol. 11, No. 17, September 15, 1955

              Pa/v Ameríca/v World Airwave
20th YEAR	Snm R W £TW JTW ÆTT ÆW	23rd YEAR
PACIFIC-ALASKA	M AA AA A/ AA	PAA HAS FLOWN
DIVISION	f r K K ÆJ/ ML	IN ALASKA
Read From California To Calcutta, From Alaska To Australasia
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
TWO CENTURIES OF PAA EXPERIENCE
Ten men who have recently completed twenty years with Pan American were honored at a small party after work last Thursday in the PAD executive office to receive their service pins. Actually a few had already been given the pins, since their anniversary date had passed, but were invited to receive official recognition of their achievement. Left to right, the veterans are Captain Cliff George, C. M. “Tiny’* Kiser, foreman of the Welding Shop, Flight Engineer “Swede” Rothe, F. 0. “Big Pete” Peters, foreman of the Automotive Shop, Vice President C. M. Young, who made the awards, Captain Hugh Gordon, Captain Jim Fleming, Captain Bill Pryce, Assistant Chief Flight Engineer Les Flaherty, Bob Barber of the Utility Shop and Assistant Chief Inspector C. C. Van Wye.
GREEN LIGHT FOR GUATEMALA
San Franrisco-To-Guatemala Service Will Start On December 1st With Four Weekly Round-Trips
Vol. 11 No.17
Traffic Figures Soar On Coast-Hawaii Route
Sale Of Special Tours And Charters Helps Set New Marks
During the latter part of August and the first part of September the PAD Traffic/Sales department has been setting one record after another.
To start off the big trek to the Hawaiian Islands, Pan American carried 64 contest winners in a sales contest sponsored by Chevrolet for its employees. There followed shortly 125 more winners of a similar contest run by General Electric.
Big as these individual sales were, they were dwarfed by what was to come.
The Protestant Episcopal Church held its 58th General Convention in Honolulu, the meetings ending just yesterday. PAA carried more than 600 delegates to Honolulu, and more than 400 back to the United States. The big majority of of all those atending the meeting went on Pan American.
The PAD Traffic/Sales department had been working on this movement for over a year. It required six extra trips between the coast and Honolulu and five extra sections eastbound. Thanks to the (Continued on Page 3)
SHEAR BLISS
Irked at the high price of a hair-cut on the mainland ? The solution’s easy. Just hop a Clipper to Wake, where “Romy” Jimenez, shown here in the doorway of his shop, will give you the treatment for only a buck. His two customers were practicing some barber shop harmony before going in.
The President last month approved the addition of San Francisco as a co-terminal point on Pan American’s route between Los Angeles and Guatemala City.
A certificate for the entire route was granted for a five year period.
Operation of the service from San Francisco will commence on December 1st. Four round-trips per week will tie San Francisco into Pan American’s Central and South American network.
Trans-Pacific passengers will be able to fly from San Francisco or Los Angeles to Caracas, Venezuela, by way of Guatemala, Panama, Barranquilla and Maracaibo.
At Panama the route will connect with flights down the west coast of South America to Lima, Peru, and Santiago, Chile. At Caracas it will link up with PAA’s run to Rio de faniero, Sao Paulo,
Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
Addition of San Francisco as a co-terminal on the route was a recognition of the increasing community of interest between the Northern California trade center and Latin America. In hearings before the CAB, San Francisco officials pointed out that their area generated 38 per cent of the traffic carried on the Los Angeles-Latin America route.
The service will he operated by LAD flight crews with LAD equipment.
Although no revenue traffic can be carried between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the flights, employees will be permitted to ride between the two points whenever space is available. Charge for this service will be the same as for ferry flights between the two cities —two dollars each way.
September 15,1955
Three PAA Captains Will Fly Boeing Jet Airliner
Jim Fleming To Take Part In Flight Evaluation Program
A team of three Pan American engineering pilots will be the first to conduct complete airline flight evaluation tests of the Boeing 707 jet transport.
Captain Jim Fleming, assistant chief pilot, technical, will be the PAD’s representative. His counterparts in the Atlantic and Latin American Divisions, Scott Flower and Dick Vinal, will complete the test trio.
Pan American has reached no decision on the purchase of jet transports. The three captains will evaluate the 707’s performance against airline needs. PAA will use data obtained by them in making its final decision.
The flight, which will be made from Seattle’s Boeing Field, is scheduled for the latter part of this week.
London-San Francisco Route By BOAC To Start This Fall
BOAC has set late fall of this year as a tentative starting date for the extension of its London-New York service to San Francisco. It has been reported that one weekly flight will be operated with B-377 equipment. This will connect at San Francisco with Quan-tas’ trans-Pacific service.
SET FOR THE JET
This is Captain Jim Fleming, who this week will fly the Boeing 707 jet transport. As assistant chief pilot, technical, for the PAD, he is one of three PAA pilots who will evaluate the new airliner.