Pan American clipper, Vol. 27, No. 19, October 1, 1967

              P A A to Develop, Operate Two NYC Area Airports
Volume 27 October 1, 1967 No. 19

For Use of General Aviation
NEW YORK — A final agreement between Pan American and the Port of New York Authority for operation and further development of Teterboro Airport has been approved by the Pan Am Board of Directors, Juan T. Trippe, Chairman and Chief Executive, announced on September 19. Negotiations commenced over a year ago, when a Letter of In­ tent was executed. Mr. Trippe also announced that the Pan Am Board had ap­ proved an agreement to operate and develop Republic Aviation Airport at Farmingdale, New York. Teterboro Airport in New Jer­ sey is just eight miles west of the Pan Am Building. Republic Airport is 29 miles east, on Long Island. The Teterboro agreem ent would become effective on com­ pletion of runway extensions some months hence and will run for a period of 30 years. The Republic Airport contract is also for 30 years, but subject to ter­ mination if sold by its owner, Mr. Joseph Mailman. Under terms of the agreement, Fairchild Hiller, a major aircraft manufacturing firm located at the airport, retains use of the airport’s runways. CAB Must Approve Both the Teterboro and Re­ public contracts are subject to approval by the Civil Aeronau­ tics Board. Development of Teterboro and NEW YORK—From the roar of the aircraft to the roar of Republic as first-class general the crowd was the way of life for Purser Manuela Ruecker, aviation airports will provide above, when she appeared in a supporting role in “The alternate accommodations for the Funnyman” which opened September 25 at the New York business aircraft and air taxis Film Festival at Lincoln Center. that now account for a third of The dark-haired, dark-eyed German beauty made the film the air traffic at John F. Ken­ between flights when she was based in San Francisco. nedy International, Newark and Appropriately enough she played the part of a German secre­ LaGuardia airports. All three are tary who is one of three girls involved in the life of the film’s now approaching saturation* hero, a comic, who wishes to be taken seriously. Mr. Trippe said: Manuela, who comes from an old German theatrical family, “Delays to transport aircraft appeared on the stage in Heidelberg and on German TV awaiting clearance for takeoffs before joining Pan American. She also modeled in the Golden and landings are costly to the Gate City between film appearances. Her father, Franz airlines and becoming intoler­ Ruecker was on the German stage for forty years. He able to many thousand business received the West German Cross of Honor from German and vacation passengers arriving Chancellor Kurt Kiessinger for his contributions to the or leaving New York every day. German theater. Her mother, Anita, had been a ballet dancer. The many hundred business air­ Now based in New York, Manuela, who speaks French and craft and air taxis utilizing the Spanish as well as German and English, plans to continue three major metropolitan airher dramatic career between Clipper flights. She said she is continued on Page 13) not yet ready to retire from either profession.

We Seek 4 U-turns O n Virgin Isles Trip
Pan American has announced plans, subject to Civil Aeronautics Board approval, to operate direct turnaround services between the Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., gateways and the Virgin Islands. The plans call for inaugurating these services on or before Janu­ ary, 1968. Virgin Islands service from these gateways will supplement similar services from New York and Miami which Pan Am now operates, and will round out a program of improved service be­ WASHINGTON, D.C. — The tween the Virgin Islands and the Federal Aviation Administration east coast gateways upon which has issued new passenger emer­ Pan Am embarked in 1965. gency evacuation rules designed This program was made pos­ to substantially improve chances sible by Pan Am’s acquisition of for surviving aircraft accidents. B-727 high-performance jet air­ For the first time, aircraft craft, and by improvements in manufacturers will have to dem­ the St. Thomas airport which the onstrate a 90-second emergency airline assisted the Virgin Is­ evacuation using a full and rep­ lands Government to complete. resentative passenger load before Assuming CAB approval of airplanes will be certificated. the expanded gateway proposal, Present FAA regulations require Pan Am will offer 31 round-trip that the airlines demonstrate flights a week between the east that a full load of passengers coast gateways and the Virgin can be evacuated in two minutes. Islands this winter. Under the new rules, if the Pan Am stressed that it is not airlines make any significant seeking new traffic rights. It is changes in any aircraft already now certificated to provide serv­ approved by the FAA under the ice between the Virgin Islands 90-second rule, they will have to and each of the gateways. demonstrate that the modified The airline’s request relates aircraft can be evacuated in 90 solely to operating restrictions seconds. The 90-second rule will in its certificate which now re­ also apply if the seating capacity quire that flights make an inter­ is increased by five per cent or mediate stop at San Juan, and more. originate or terminate at, or However, Pan Am’s 747 Clip­ south of, Port of Spain. pers will exceed the FAA’s rules For the new gateways, Pan for aircraft containing 300 seats Am plans to: or more. The new FAA rules • Provide daily service to and (Continued on Page 14) (Continued on Page 10)

N ew F A A Rules O n Emergencies Are Announced

Clippergal Becomes Starlet By Acting Between Flights

Army Gives Awards For R and R Flights
HONOLULU — The United States Army honored Pan American, the Hawaii Visitors Bureau and the Hawaii Hotel Association for their help in making the Rest and Rehabilita­ tion program for Viet Nam soldiers a success. Cerificates of Appreciation for patriotic civilian service were awarded on Sept. 22 by Major General Roy Lassetter Jr., Commanding General, U. S. Army-Hawaii, to James J. Rice, vice-president of Pan Am’s Military Traffic; Robert Allen, ex­ ecutive director of the Visitors Bureau; and Gilbert Moss, president of the Hotel Association. The ceremony took place in General Lassetter’s office at Schofield Barracks. The citation to Pan Am read: “The Department of the Army Certificate of Appreciation for Patriotic Civilian Service is presented to Pan American World Airways for the truly outstanding manner in which it supported this command in its efforts to operate the Hawaii Rest and Rehabilitation program during its first year. ‘T an Am has provided service fare beyond that expected as part of a contract agreement. It has given warm and per­ sonal service to the combat-weary servicemen and has done so with maximum efficiency and professional ability. “The R and R flight ontime percentage rate speaks well of the maintenance scheduling and operational elements of the organization. Its communication network has given timely notice of flight arrivals, and its Customer Service and Flight Departments have been superb. “Above the individual department achievements has been the positive ‘can-do’ attitude that was displayed by each mem(Continued on Page 10)

Typhoon Rips Wake Island
WAKE ISLAND—“As long as you can come out of something like this with your family and your life—that’s all any man can ask.” That realistic comment by the Reverend Douglas R. Olson, Protestant chaplain here, summed up the devastation caused by Ty­ phoon Sarah when it slashed across this Pacific island 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii on September 15 and 16. Sarah was the worst typhoon to hit Wake in 15 years, destroying with its 125-mph winds almost every home. No one was killed, but a quarter of the 2,000 people living on the three atolls comprising Wake have been evacuated, their personal possessions a dead loss, to Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu. Pan Am’s facilities were hit badly. The air­ line and its 123 personnel were among those who suffered most. All but four were evacu­ ated to Honolulu. Three out of five “typhoon-proof” homes built for Pan Am staffers were erased by the first wave to crash across the island. “The winds were so fierce that a plastic flower was driven into a wooden post on the patio,” said Mrs. Edward McCartney, wife of a Pan Am electronics maintenance engineer. The airport did no better than other facili­ ties. The fuel storage area was extensively damaged. Pan Am’s warehouse was destroyed and two truck ramps were swept away. Flights bypassed Wake. But on Sept. 20, Pan Am began ferrying supplies into the island and, by Sept. 25, Jet Clippers again were touching down at the airport four times a week. It was not until Sept. 30, however, that full operations and communication re­ sumed. The Pan Am hotel—a one-story structure of corrugated iron and wood—was heavily dam­ aged by the typhoon. Usual occupants are flight crews laying over. The airline’s Panair Club, commissary and laundry facilities were (Continued on Page 10)