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Published for PAA’s Traffic Sales & Service Personnel
Vol. 11, No. 8 New York, N. Y. August, 1954
Official mourners at an Indian funeral in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. The religious standards the mourners are bearing obviously originated in worship of the Sun God and have been adapted to Christian worship — just as many Guatemalan Indians commonly pray to their own gods as well as the Christian or "White Man's" God.
LAD EXECS MAKE
FIRST-HAND GUATEMALA REPORT
Three days after the fighting stopped, Ted Pelikan, LAD's Passenger Sales Supt., was in Guatemala. In Guatemala City he saw several tourists set out for the interior. "There is no outward sign to even suggest the past events/' he says. Bombs were dropped only on the city's outskirts. Below find a report prepared by Pelikan and Jim Henry on the country's traditional fascination for Americans, its preparations for the future.
RECENT EVENTS
Guatemala City — Travelers are beginning to return to Guatemala.
This mountainous country with its Spring-like climate once attracted 55,000 American tourists a year — who came to see its ancient villages, with their colorful markets, to buy native fabrics, and to find a way of life which, in the interior, has remained unchanged for centuries.
Political events, however, dropped that 55,000 to 4,000 in 1953.
Crisis Over . . .
But now the crisis is over and visitors, according to LAD’s Ted Pelikan, who has just finished an exploratory trip here, will find little or no trace of the violence that made front page news so recently. Pelikan used to be stationed in Guatemala and is now LAD’s Passenger Sales Supt.
. . . And Tourism Begins
Hotel operators, restaurateurs, Travel
Continued on Page 2
PAA ADVERTISING
WE CAN ALL AGREE ABOUT SUNDAYS
Opinions vary about American television. Some think it’s great, some think it’s awful. But on one fact just about everyone can agree: that on Sundays you get a concentrated dose of the very best in American TV.
Advertising Age, the hucksters’ house organ, goes along with this and picks the PAA-sponsored show, Meet the Press, as one of the examples of what makes Sunday such a good day to be in front of your TV set.
Along with “Meet the Press,” it lists “Omnibus,” “Excursion,” “Youth Forum,” “Hall of Fame” and other shows as being worthy set-fellows.
In particular, the article says of PAA’s program that on it “leading public figures are grilled and exposed to the public gaze in a clinical light.” In
Continued on Page 2
“Clipper” Trade-Mark, Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.
OUTRANGES SUPER-CONNIE
PAA Buys DC-7Cs; 5000 Mile Range
Pan American has just bought 15 Douglas DC-7Cs, an improved version of the DC-7B which will be able to fly transatlantic non-stop under any conditions — thus far outranging the Super Constellation.
The DC-7C order does not affect PAA’s order of seven DC-7Bs, which will be delivered between May and August 1955. PAA expects delivery of the DC-7Cc early in 1956.
The DC-7C Clippers will cruise at 365 miles per hour and have a range of 5,000 miles. They will have a wing span of 127 feet, 6 inches — 10 feet longer than the domestic DC-7 wing. The extra span will be added to the center wing-section. It makes available a fuel capacity of 7,860 gallons as compared with the 6,400-gallon capacity of the latest DC-7Bs.
Noise Level Reduced
The noise level on the new aircraft, which will be powered by four Wright turbo-compound DA-4 model engines, will be kept down roughly to that of the DC-6B by having the engines and props five feet further from the fuselage. A wing root extension allows this — giving a 70-inch clearance between the prop tips and fuselage.
The vertical stabilizer and rudder will be two feet higher.
DC-7B Fuselage
The new aircraft has been designed for 140,000 pounds take-off, 107,000 pounds for landing. It will be able to carry up to 59 passengers in the standard version, plus baggage, cargo and mail, and have 1,200 gallons of reserve fuel after flying non-stop for 5,000 miles. The fuselage will be the same size as that of the DC-7B.
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| Full Text | Published for PAA’s Traffic Sales & Service Personnel Vol. 11, No. 8 New York, N. Y. August, 1954 Official mourners at an Indian funeral in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. The religious standards the mourners are bearing obviously originated in worship of the Sun God and have been adapted to Christian worship — just as many Guatemalan Indians commonly pray to their own gods as well as the Christian or "White Man's" God. LAD EXECS MAKE FIRST-HAND GUATEMALA REPORT Three days after the fighting stopped, Ted Pelikan, LAD's Passenger Sales Supt., was in Guatemala. In Guatemala City he saw several tourists set out for the interior. "There is no outward sign to even suggest the past events/' he says. Bombs were dropped only on the city's outskirts. Below find a report prepared by Pelikan and Jim Henry on the country's traditional fascination for Americans, its preparations for the future. RECENT EVENTS Guatemala City — Travelers are beginning to return to Guatemala. This mountainous country with its Spring-like climate once attracted 55,000 American tourists a year — who came to see its ancient villages, with their colorful markets, to buy native fabrics, and to find a way of life which, in the interior, has remained unchanged for centuries. Political events, however, dropped that 55,000 to 4,000 in 1953. Crisis Over . . . But now the crisis is over and visitors, according to LAD’s Ted Pelikan, who has just finished an exploratory trip here, will find little or no trace of the violence that made front page news so recently. Pelikan used to be stationed in Guatemala and is now LAD’s Passenger Sales Supt. . . . And Tourism Begins Hotel operators, restaurateurs, Travel Continued on Page 2 PAA ADVERTISING WE CAN ALL AGREE ABOUT SUNDAYS Opinions vary about American television. Some think it’s great, some think it’s awful. But on one fact just about everyone can agree: that on Sundays you get a concentrated dose of the very best in American TV. Advertising Age, the hucksters’ house organ, goes along with this and picks the PAA-sponsored show, Meet the Press, as one of the examples of what makes Sunday such a good day to be in front of your TV set. Along with “Meet the Press,” it lists “Omnibus,” “Excursion,” “Youth Forum,” “Hall of Fame” and other shows as being worthy set-fellows. In particular, the article says of PAA’s program that on it “leading public figures are grilled and exposed to the public gaze in a clinical light.” In Continued on Page 2 “Clipper” Trade-Mark, Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. OUTRANGES SUPER-CONNIE PAA Buys DC-7Cs; 5000 Mile Range Pan American has just bought 15 Douglas DC-7Cs, an improved version of the DC-7B which will be able to fly transatlantic non-stop under any conditions — thus far outranging the Super Constellation. The DC-7C order does not affect PAA’s order of seven DC-7Bs, which will be delivered between May and August 1955. PAA expects delivery of the DC-7Cc early in 1956. The DC-7C Clippers will cruise at 365 miles per hour and have a range of 5,000 miles. They will have a wing span of 127 feet, 6 inches — 10 feet longer than the domestic DC-7 wing. The extra span will be added to the center wing-section. It makes available a fuel capacity of 7,860 gallons as compared with the 6,400-gallon capacity of the latest DC-7Bs. Noise Level Reduced The noise level on the new aircraft, which will be powered by four Wright turbo-compound DA-4 model engines, will be kept down roughly to that of the DC-6B by having the engines and props five feet further from the fuselage. A wing root extension allows this — giving a 70-inch clearance between the prop tips and fuselage. The vertical stabilizer and rudder will be two feet higher. DC-7B Fuselage The new aircraft has been designed for 140,000 pounds take-off, 107,000 pounds for landing. It will be able to carry up to 59 passengers in the standard version, plus baggage, cargo and mail, and have 1,200 gallons of reserve fuel after flying non-stop for 5,000 miles. The fuselage will be the same size as that of the DC-7B. 1 |
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