Pan American clipper, Vol. 28, No. 14, July 1, 1968

              Trade Mission Nets $6 Million U.S. Sales
By GEORGE BURNS
The P an Am Pacific MultiTrade Mission has generated $6 million in Am erican exports to date, the U.S. Commerce D epartm ent told the Company this week. The mission, which carried 50 Am erican businessmen to A ustralia and New Zealand on the Samoa-Noumea-Sydney in­ augural, was suggested and operated by P an Am last May in cooperation w ith the Com­ merce D epartm ent. “The mission accomplished its purpose beautifully,” said John V. Lombardi, m anagerM arketing Services and the man prim arily behind the idea. The purpose was to cooper­ ate w ith the government in a m ajor way to improve A m eri­ ca’s balance of paym ents by increasing exports. The $6 million estim ate is based on reports Commerce has received to date. About a dozen participating companies have not yet reported, and the figure does not reflect business grow th beyond one year. “W hat is especially g ra tify ­ ing about this m ission,” Mr. Lom bardi said, “is th a t we have improved Am erica’s bal­ ance of paym ents but a t the same tim e worked to the ad­ vantage of A ustralian business. “We gained in exports, and the A ustralians gained in geting m achinery and other goods they need to develop the tre ­ mendous natu ral resources be­ ing discovered there now.” The m utual benefit was alsoemphasized by the num ber of joint ventures, licensing, fra n ­ chise and other cooperative a r­ rangem ents worked out. “The mission itself brought about the first m eeting be­ tween the Am erican and Aus­ tralian businessmen,” Mr. Lombardi said. “The profits th a t stem from this m eeting will not be measured this month, or this year. They will develop and grow over the years, but even the beginning is impressive.” Commerce D epartm ent de­ voted half of its latest m aga­ zine, International Commerce, to reports on the Pan Am m is­ sion, and congratulated and thanked Pan Am fo r this con­ trib u tio n to the national in­ terest and world trade. The mission differed from routine trad e missions and from usual inaugural flights. W hereas most inaugurals promote passenger travel, this one promoted trad e and cargo. W hereas most trad e missions are organized by one industry or one state, th is one repre­ sented upwards of 20 indus­ tries and 26 states. Commerce, which usually as­ sists missions organized by a state or an industry group, was able to organize and op­ erate this mission because P an Am offered the seats fo r the group. The government agency hand-picked mission members based on th eir producing w hat the A ustralian m arket needs, and th eir capacity to expand th eir exports.

Volume 28

July 1, 1968

No. 14

Superjet Engine Takes First Shakedown Flights
By JAMES A. AREY WINDSOR LOCKS, Connecticut—The giant JT9D turbofan jet engine, the 43,500-pound th ru st powerplant that will drive the 747 Superjet, has taken to the air for its first series of shakedown flights.

Francis J. Swayze

Thomas J. Flanagan

Swayze, Flanagan
Get New Positions

P r a t t & W h itn e y A irc ra ft, th e e n g in e ’s d e sig n e r an d m a n u fa c tu re r, b e g a n th e te s ts e a rlie r th is m o n th u tiliz in g a B -52E global b o m b e r leased fro m th e U.S. A ir F o rc e as a flying te s t bed. The JT9D te s t N EW Y O R K — F r a n c i s J. JF K — Thomas J. F lan ag an , a engine is suspended from the Swayze has been elected vice- fo rm er pilot who has directed rig h t w ing of the B-52 in place presid en t and a ssista n t to two of the w orld’s m ost unusual of two of th e bom ber’s regular H arold E. Gray, chairm an of airlin e operations, has been engines. P an Am. elected vice-president and as­ Newsmen w itnessed the first Mr. Swayze, a ssista n t to the sista n t to the senior vice-presipublic te s t flight of the JT9D p resid en t since December, 1965, dent-O peration, fo r P an Am. a t a special press briefing June joined P an Am in M arch, 1944. F orm erly v ic e -p re s id e n t-F a r 18 a t B radley In tern atio n al A ir­ A fte r serving briefly as a flight E a st O perations, Capt. F la n a ­ p o rt here. A fte r viewing the a ir­ navigator, he became statio n gan organized and directed the c ra ft and engine on the gorund, m anager in Lisbon and la te r in airlin e ’s R est and R ecuperation rep o rters w atched th e flying test P rague. N ext followed positions A irlift w hich carries servicem en bed takeoff and th en make a low as sales m anager in both P rag u e from the V ietnam b attle zone to pass over th e field a t about and K arachi. re st areas in Asia, H aw aii and 1,000 feet altitu d e. In 1951, Mr. Swayze was A u stralia. This airlin e w ithin an R ichard T. Baseler, P r a tt & n a m e d r e g i o n a l o p e r a t i o n s a i r l i n e t r a n s p o r t e d 50 0 ,0 0 0 W hitney’s vice-president of E n ­ m anager in B eirut, serving in ro u n d -trip passengers in its first gineering, said th e engine will th a t capacity u n til 1953, when two y ears of operations. log about 150 hours of flight he was appointed su p erin ten ­ E a rlie r Capt. F lan ag an was tim e d u rin g the first y ea r of dent of statio n s fo r the A tlantic directo r of P an Am’s In tern al B-52 te s t hops. Division. In 1958 he was nam ed Germ an Service w hich links W ill Go To 45,000 F eet executive vice-president of Ari- W est B erlin, isolated w ithin “The flight environm ent will ana A fghan A irlines, A fg h an is­ E a st Germany, w ith th e m ajor enable us to ru n th e engine a t ta n ’s natio n al a ir c a rrie r which cities of W est Germany. This altitu d es of 45,000 feet and be­ is affiliated w ith P an Am. service carries 2,000,000 p er­ yond and to f a r exceed any In 1959, Mr. Swayze became sons annually. sim ulated conditions th a t can d irecto r of P an Am’s Technical W hile a stu d en t a t Boston be created in te s t cells on the A ssistance P rogram w hich de­ College, Capt. F lan ag an took ground,” he said. velops natio n al ca rriers u nder flight tra in in g u n d er the Civil The engine used in th e first intergovernm ental agreem ents. P ilo t T rain in g Program . A fter te s t flight is the seventh to roll From 1937 to 1941, when he g ra d u atin g in 1942, he began his out of P r a tt & W hitney’s E ast entered the U.S. Arm y A ir ca ree r w ith P an Am as a ju n io r H a rtfo rd p lan t fo r te st p u r­ (C ontinued on page 8) (C ontinued on page 8) poses. P roduction versions of th e JT9D will be m an u factu red a t P r a tt & W hitney’s Middletow n plant. B aseler explained th a t the com pany recently shipped two ground te s t engines to The Boe­ ing Company in E v erett, W ash­ ington, and will soon ship the WASHINGTON— P a n Am will be allocated $865,000 in first flight te s t JT9D to Boeing fed eral funds for use in tra in in g 250 hard-core unem ployed for fo r in stallatio n on the 747 MIAMI—Pan Am makes the going gorgeous with Helen perm anent jobs w ith the airline, according to an announcem ent Wolff, instructor at the International Stewardess College, Ju n e 27 by W illard W irtz, U.S. S ecretary of Labor. Super je t prototype. T he airlin e will tra in persons designated as disadvantaged Boeing is due to roll out the who was chosen Miss Miami Airlines by the Miami Inter­ unem ployed for jobs in ten occupations, ra n g in g from a irc ra ft first 747 next October and com­ line Club. As winner she represented Miami in the Miss servicem en to service supply clerks. mence flight tests in December. International Airlines Beauty Pageant on June 1, where H irin g of 164 train e es from the New York area will begin P an Am, which has 25 S uperjets she was selected first runner-up. It’s a shame to hide such beauty at the college out of view of traveling sublos, but about Sept. 15, 1968. The balance of th e to tal 250 will be h ired (C ontinued on page 8) such is the price of being talented as well as attractive. la te r in 1968 from th e Miami and San F ran cisco regions.

Pan Am Gets Federal Funds

To Train 250 Unemployed