Pan American clipper, Vol. 25, No. 4, February 15, 1966

              Volume 25

February 15, 1966

No. 4

C aptain G ray Urges Coemps to See U S A .
NEW YORK—P an A m erican P resident, Capt. H arold E. G ray is u rg in g all company employees, w hether based in the U nited S tates or overseas, to use th e ir 1966 discount trav el advantages to see th e U.S.A. In a special statem en t to the CLIPPER, Capt. Gray s a id : “All P an Am sales employees abroad are devoting every effort tow ard g en eratin g trav e l via P an Am to the U nited S tates. We hope th a t all o th er employees are doing likewise in th e ir personal contacts w ith p otential travelers. “To a ssist in th is program we hope th a t every employee abroad will take advantage of any opportunity he or she may have u n d er o ur employee vacation trav el plan to v isit the U.S.A. in 1966, and organize groups of o th er airlin e employees to do likewise. “In o rd er to make the g re a te st num ber of seats available fo r th is project, all U.S.-based employees not directly involved w ith sales efforts are encouraged to use th e ir 1966 vacation to satisfy some long stan d in g am bition to see and v isit some of the g re a t A m erican to u rist attra ctio n s. P uerto Rico, the V irgin Islands, H aw aii, Alaska, the w onderful W est Coast, Middle W est and th e g re a t cities of the E a st are all available e ith e r by P an Am or th ro u g h reciprocal vacation discount plans on dom estic c a rrie rs.”

TOKYO — “Destroy those monkeys!” was the order Clipper Cargo received on a shipment from Saigon to Tokyo. Pan Am Cargo Rep­ resentatives had a better idea. The monkeys liked it too. See story on page 3.

Pan Am Buys 33 Falcons
Pan American has purchased an additional 33 Fan Jet Falcons for sale by its Business Jets Division, James B. Taylor, Vice President of the Division, announced. The new order brings Pan Am’s total commitment to 100
F an J e t Falcons on firm order, w ith an additional 60 on option Mr. T aylor said th a t the new order reaffirmed P an Am’s con­ tin u in g com m itm ent in depth to business aviation. G enerale A eronautique M ar­ cel D assault, F ren ch m anufac­ tu re r of the F an J e t Falcon, will increase delivery rates from the cu rre n t level of 33 a irc ra ft per year to a to tal of 45 F an J e t Falcons th is y ear and 55 next ENTEBBE, UGANDA — P an year. American inaugurated the first P an Am engineering team s direct a ir service between the continue to work closely w ith United States and Entebbe in th e ir co u n terp arts a t D assault E a st A frica, on F eb ru a ry 4 w ith on a product im provem ent pro­ a DC-8 J e t C lipper flight from gram fo r the Falcon to ensure New York. This is th e second step in th a t the latest technological de­ velopm ents are b u ilt into the P an Am’s je t service connecting th e U nited S tates and E a st A f­ design as rapidly as possible. One example of th is was the rica. The A m erican-flag c a rrie r early av ailab ility of th e G eneral began flying to N airobi last E lectric CF700-2C tu rb o fa n en­ November. P an Am F lig h t 150 will leave gines, w hich are installed on all Jo h n F. Kennedy In tern atio n al custom er airplanes. O riginally, the engine was A irp o rt in New York F rid ay s a t slated to come in as a produc­ 7 p.m. It will fiy nonstop to tion change on la te r a irc ra ft, D akar, then to M onrovia and but team w ork by D assault, GE Lagos on A fric a ’s w est coast and P an Am made it possible to before flying across th e conti­ bring the engines along in tim e nen t to Entebbe. W estbound to make the second custom er flights will leave E ntebbe Sun­ day evenings. delivery. Before th is d irect tra n s a tla n ­ The F an J e t Falcon is a tw in- tic service, th e sim plest route je t business and executive a ir­ betw een N orth A m erica and c ra ft capable of carry in g up to E a st A frica was via Europe, 10 passengers plus two crew. w ith a change of flights. The a irc ra ft is powered by Gen­ Economy fa re between New eral E lectric CF700-2C aft-fan York and E ntebbe is $1,045 tu rb o fa n engines fo r exception­ round trip , $1,130.50 in th e high al short-field perform ance and season, and $946 fo r th e 14- to economy of cruise operation. 21-day excursion. It is m arketed in N orth Am er­ U ganda offers p otential for ica by the B usiness Je ts Divi­ both business and to u ris t travel. sion of P an Am erican Airways. In Uganda, Lake V ictoria Pacific A irm otive Corp., of B ur­ spills into the Nile River, w hich bank, Calif., is associated w ith eventually plum m ets 160 feet P an Am in sales and su pport of th ro u g h the sp ec ta cu lar M ur­ the Falcon program , and in ad­ chison Falls. dition is responsible fo r a m ajor In Queen E lizabeth and M ur­ portion of the in terio r and elec­ chison F alls N ational P arks tronics in stallatio n s in the a ir­ photo safaris stalk wild game craft. am ong extinct volcano craters, In Canada, Field A viation Co., and in E ntebbe are the B otani­ Ltd., Toronto, is the sales agent cal G ardens w here movie p ro­ and su p p o rt organization work­ ducers, not finding wild enough ing w ith the B usiness Jets jungle elsew here, filmed the Division. T arzan movies.

Jet Overhaul Record Set
JF K —P an Am erican has been authorized by the F ederal A via­ tion Agency to operate its P ra tt & W hitney JT4, 17,500-pound th ru st, tu rb o je t engines for 7,000 hours betw een overhauls. This is the longest tim e be­ tw een overhaul (TBO) ever given to any a irc ra ft engine under regulations. The previous authorization was fo r 6,800 hours, g ran ted last O ctober 7. The initial TBO fo r P&W JT4 was 800 hours when P an Am first p u t the engines into reg­ ularly scheduled service back on A ugust 29, 1959. A ssum ing an a irc ra ft is u til­ ized about nine hours each day, a TBO of 7,000 hours would re­ duce m ajor overhauls on en­ gines to approxim ately once every 26 months.

Entebbe Is New Stop For PAA

Hawaii Junior Jet Set Explores with PAA
HONOLULU—Pan Am Coemps in Honolulu have gotten over the initial surprise of seeing a wave of 40 boys, clad in blazers with Pan Am emblems, invade their work areas, asking intelligent questions.
And indeed they should, for these young men will be “on the prem ises” fo r another year and a half. F or they’re members of a unique club th a t has spurred in­ terest in P an Am to a new high among young people. The group is called the Pan Am erican Airways Aviation Post. Its members are students from Punahou School, the largest private and undoubtedly the most influential school in Hawaii. The idea fo r the Post came from officials of the Hawaii E x­ plorer Scouts, who discovered th a t young men in the 16-17 age group found hiking and camping to be too passe for th eir tastes. W hat the young men wanted, it developed, was vocational guid­ ance and adult leadership. E rn ie A lb re c h t, H onolulu DTSM, was approached by the scout leaders on the program , and became enthusiastic about the idea. Two m onths of careful planning prefaced the two year program th a t will allow the young men close scrutiny of every phase of Pan Am’s operation. The group meets twice a month in the evening. M eetings have included a “get acquainted” ses­ sion a t Honolulu International A irport, a general history of aviation, P an Am’s history, and an initial look a t Panam ac and reservation procedures. Upcoming will be a step-bystep charting of a reservation from the initial telephone call

Severe Storm

Lashes PPG
PAGO PAGO—The severest typhoon in a quarter century lashed American and Western Samoa January 30. While many dwellings on American Samoa were dam­ aged extensively, there was no serious damage to any Pan Am airport facility or to the new Pago Pago Intercontinen­ tal Hotel, and there was no injury to any Pan Am or IHC personnel. An ensuing power failure and temporary communica­ tions blackout resulted in the diversion of four regularly scheduled flights immediately following the storm. Don Pegues, PPG-DTSM, reported that, at the peak of the storm, the inside of his house was “like a shower stall in the center of the Boeing wind tunnel.”

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6 H a m 9 To Rescue
NICE—An a ttra c tiv e “ham ” radio op erato r and P an Am team ed up to g eth er to perform a speedy m ercy m ission fo r a leukem ia victim. Mile. C laudette Rous, an 18-year-old Nicoise, is an am ateu r radio operator. She recently received an em ergency call from Coimbra, P o rtu g al, urg en tly req u estin g a m edicine called M ethotrexate fo r a leukem ia victim there. Mile. Rous was able to obtain the m edicine in a Nice d ru g ­ store, th en ru shed to the airp o rt, w here she explained h er problem to P an Am. F lig h t 155, stopping in Lisbon, was sched­ uled to d ep a rt in a few m inutes, and th e m edicine was rushed on board th e plane. T h a t very afternoon Mile. Rous learned from h er radio correspondent in Coimbra th a t th e m edicine had arrived a t its destination. To th e NCE a irp o rt staff, it gave an ex tra moment of pride in th e ir work.