Pan American air ways, Vol. 5, No. 7, November 1934

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Volume 5

P m AMERICAN A IR W AYS
NOVEMBER-1934-DECEMBER

T R A N S P O R T

Number 7

ORDERS PLACED FOR FOUR NEW CLIPPER SHIPS
T yp e S -4 2 B , A d v a n c e d F ro m " B ra zilia n C lip p e r ,” to B e F a ste r — L a r g e r L o a d s

NEWEST OF CLIPPER GIANTS MAKES BOW

GIANT CLIPPER MARTIN MODEL ON FIRST TEST
H u g e O c e a n - T y p e F ly in g B o a t O n P r e lim in a r y T e s t R ise s F r o m B a y In 11 S e c o n d s

IMPROVED EFFICIENCY
Im p o rta n t I m p r o v e m e n ts t o B e In c o r p o r a te d In B o th P la n e s a n d E n g in e s

AMERICA’S LARGEST
T h e P e r fo r m a n c e L a u d e d B y E n g in e e r s C o n fid e n t F o r S ev ere T e sts A h ea d

N EW YORK. — O rders fo r four n e w - t y p e trans-ocean “Qlipper S hips”, to be la rg e r and fa s te r th a n th e big fourengined "B razilian C lipper” which alre ad y holds th e ten world records fo r tra n s p o rt s e a p la n e efficiency in long range load ca rry in g , speed and altitude, have been placed w ith the Sikorsky A viation C orpor­ ation it w as announced by Mr. J. T. T rippe, presid en t of the Pan A m erican A irw ays Sys­ tem. The new orders involve an investm ent of slightly more than $1,000,000 fo r th e new planes and equipm ent. They are additional to th e construc­ tion called fo r under P an American’s tw o-year a irc ra ft procurem ent p r o g r a m upon which m an u fa ctu rin g p la n ts in five states are now building advanced tra n s p o rt equipm ent for the P an A m erican A irw ays System fo r use on th e ir 32,000 miles of airw ay s in L atin America, in A laska and China, and fo r an experim ental a ir tran sp o rt service w hich is to be extended across th e Pacific Ocean in th e n e a r fu tu re .
F le e t o f T e n

Thundering over head, the huge Martin-type "Clipper Ship" thrilled official observers on her first flight over Chesapeake Bay.

PIONEERS BLAZE FIRST AIR TRAIL OVER INLAND BRAZIL TO AMAZON
Cut-off, Direct from Para to Rio, Would Open Vast New Territory for Brazil, and Provide Faster Route Between U. S.-Rio and Key World Markets
RIO DE JA N E IR O .— December 31— A new em pire-building airw ay th a t would bisect B razil to provide a cut-off betw een th e U nited S tates, Rio de Ja n eiro and th e key tr a d e centers of S outhern B razil, and would open up a g re a t in te rio r a re a rich in ag ric u ltu ra l and m ineral resources, has been successfully surveyed by th e P an A m erican A irw ays System , it w as re ­ vealed in official circles h ere today. The projected route, which A P an A m erican am phibian spans a heretofore little-know n survey plane, in charge o f K. a re a of the continent, is of M. B lotner, B razilian Division unique value both to B razil operations m an ag er, an d p i­ and to the P an A m erican A ir­ loted by C ap tain H. L. T u rn er, w ays System . L ying entirely is now in P a ra a f te r n eg o tiat­ inland, th e route would open ing th e first inland p assag e by up a new te rr ito r y w hich th e a ir between Rio de Ja n e iro and G overnm ent is interested in th e d ista n t Amazon— a p ro ject intensively c o l o n i z i n g , and which has been a subject of would b rin g the m ost n o rth ern considerable study by P an provinces of B razil, now 19 A m erican and th e B razilian days d ista n t by su rface tr a n s ­ G overnm ent since 1930. The p ortation, w ithin a single day first p assag e w as m ade in 1931 of the capital. F o r P an A m er­ by a ground expedition in ican it w ill give access to the charge of B lotner and M ajor new tra d e a re a on a m ain in ­ L ysias Rodriques, of th e B ra­ te rn a tio n a l tru n k airlin e from zilian Governm ent. F ro m th is the U nited S tates, and a t th e pioneer expedition, and from sam e tim e would provide a subsequent studies by th e a ir ­ much f a s te r ro u te direct to line and th e governm ent, the Rio de Ja n eiro and th e im por­ first a u th o rita tiv e m aps of the ta n t w orld m ark ets of south­ region w ere d raw n on which ern B razil, e a ste rn U ru g u ay th e flight survey w as made. A u th o rizatio n fo r th e s u r­ and A rgentina. E u ropean sub­ sidized airlines, com petitive to vey flight it w as learned, was P an A m erican and w hich oper­ given by M r. J. T. T rippe, ate only along the coast, reach P resid en t of th e P a n A m erican B razil fro m an opposite direc­ A irw ays System d u rin g his re ­ tion and do not come w ith in cent v isit here w ith th e “ B ra­ several hundred miles of th e zilian C lip p er” and a group of Continued on Page 12 area.

PAN AMERICAN RELATIONS SHOW IMPROVEMENT
P a n A m e r ic a n A ir w a y s a F a c to r In th e S tim u la tio n o f T r a d e a n d G o o d w ill

The construction orders w ere authorized by the B oard of Di­ rectors a t a special m eeting and will equip P an A m erican with a fleet of ten “ super-C lipper Ships”, all of them gian t four-engined flying boats, the largest so f a r developed, and all of them capable of o p e ra t­ ing across eith er th e A tlantic on Pacific w ith passengers and mail. The four flying boats to be built by Sikorsky a re to be p u t into production as rap id ly as nnal engineering details can be completed. T heir construc­ tion is considered an advanced move by w hich P an A m erican will be equipped to m eet, th ree years from now, th e intensified ■competition on m ajo r in te r ­ national tra d e routes w hich is expected to re su lt from th e recently announced p rogram c f E u r o p e a n governm ents through which new a irc ra ft, of g reatly improved speed, load and range capabilities, a re to , Continued on Page 2

N E W YORK.— R elations be­ tw een th e U nited S tates and L atin A m erica, politically, so­ cially and economically, ex­ perienced a rem ark able im ­ provem ent d u rin g 1934. E d ito rial comments here, and in th e countries south of th e Rio G rande, p lain ly show th a t th is im provem ent, f a r from be­ ing a supposition, is a very concrete fa c t in so far as p o liti­ cal and social relatio n s are concerned. In th e com m ercial field, too, figures g ath ered by th e U nited S tates D ep artm en t of Com­ merce, c l e a r l y d em onstrate th a t tra d e is now follow ing an u pw ard tre n d in th e W estern H em isphere. October, th e De­ p a rtm e n t rep o rts, saw a steady increase of tra d e in both direc­ tions betw en th e U nited S tates and Mexico, C entral and South A m erican Republics. And im­ p o rts f r o m L a t i n A m erica d u rin g th e first ten m onths of 1934, reached a value of $315,000,000, an increase of $38,000,000 over th e corre­ sponding period of 1933. Com mercial a v i a t i o n , as typified by P an A m erican A ir­ w ays, w h o s e s y s t e m has b ro u g h t c l o s e r to g e th er all m em bers of th e P an A m erican fam ily, is generally considered as one- of th e fac to rs smoothContinued on Page 7

B A LTIM O R E. — The g re a t­ est a irlin e r ever developed in A m erica, and th e la rg e st tr a n s ­ p o rt airp lan e in th e w orld— P an A m erican’s g ia n t “ N um ­ ber 7”— entered its application here fo r m em bership in th e fam ous series of “ F ly in g Clip­ p er S hips” by passing, w ith flying colors, its first te sts in th e w a te r and in th e air. The huge ocean-type flying boat, bu ilt by th e Glenn L. M a r t i n C o m p a n y on P an A m erican’s specifications, w as launched in th e chill w aters of Chesapeake Bay n ea r th e M artin p la n t and once in th e h arb o r, tu rn ed into th e wind and w ith its fo u r g re a t 800horsepow er engines th u n d e r­ ing over th e w ater, soared into th e a ir in a th rillin g exhibition of its flying m ettle. I t a p ­ peared to answ er th e controls like a high-pow ered sp o rt plane and elated th e group of engi­ neers and officials who w it­ nessed th is first flight.
L a u n c h e d in R iv er

In a freezin g n o rth w est w ind of about th ir ty miles velocity, th e huge flying boat w as rolled out of its construction h a n g a r and onto th e ru n w ay on the banks of Middle R iver w here th e seaplane ram p is located. B oats and buoys had been lo­ cated previously and, w ith im ­ pressive precision and u tte r lack of fo rm al ceremonies, th e ae rial g ia n t slipped down th e ram p and into th e w ater. Less th an an hour w as sp en t on p relim in ary en g ineering checks fo r w hich th e ship w as moored off th e end of th e ram p , and then “ N um ber 7” w as towed dow n-stream to th e open bay. W hen it reached th e w aters of th e C hesapeake it w as p u t th ro u g h a series of ta x iin g tests, up and down w ind, and in wide and th en v ery sm all circles. D espite its length of n ea rly 90 feet and its w ing span of 130 feet, it appeared to have a v ery sh o rt tu rn in g rad iu s. A board th e g ia n t fo r the ta x iin g te sts th e re w as a crew of ten. On th e final ta x iin g te sts into th e wind, th e pilot opened th e th ro ttle s of th e fo u r 800-horsepower tw in-row