Clipper, Vol. 13, No. 11, August 1, 1957

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PAN AMERICAN • P A C I F I C - A L A S K A DIVISION
Read From The Land Of The Kodiak To The Land Of The Koala—From The Golden Gate To The Ginza
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Voi. 13 No. 11
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
August 1, 1957
Winter Schedule Shows Reduction in Alaska Flying
Pan American’s winter schedule pattern announced last week for its Alaska operation indicates a reduction from the winter service provided last year.
The changes were based on last winter’s experience, an assessment of this year’s market, and the losses that the company has experienced since its Alaska routes began operation free of subsidy.
Last winter the following weekly round-trip service was provided with B-377’s to these cities from Seattle: Ketchikan 7, Juneau 7, Fairbanks 7 and Whitehorse 2. One DC-4 trip was operated between Fairbanks and Nome.
Under this winter’s schedule, which will become effective September 29th, the following weekly B-377 round-trip services will he flow'n:
Seattle-Ketchikan-]uneau: 2 Seattle-Fairhanks: 3 Seattle-Ketchikan-J uneau-White-horse: 2
In addition, the following weekly round-trip service will be provided with DC-4 equipment:
Seattle-Fairhanks (cargo): 2 Fairbanks-Nome: 1 Summarized, this schedule will offer five weekly trips to Fairbanks, four to Ketchikan and Juneau, two to Whitehorse and one to Nome.
Bert Torrance Will Start DTSM Career At Singapore
Bert Torrance, assistant station traffic manager at San Francisco, has been promoted to the job of DTSM at Saigon. He will replace Bob Pitcher there in October. Until that time he will serve as DTSM in Singapore while Jerry Wilburn is on vacation. Bert has been with Pan American for almost eleven years.
PAA Gets Polar Roule From West Coast Gateways
Pan American last month was granted permission to operate from the West Coast over the Polar Route to Europe.
President Eisenhower approved the recommendations of the CAB that Pan American he awarded the route, and the CAB issued the certificate on July 12th.
In the order issued by the Board, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle are made co-terminals. Although service initially is planned only to London, it could conceivably be provided to any city now on the company’s trans-Atlantic certificate.
Permanent authorization was given for Los Angeles and San Francisco. A temporary certificate, expiring July 4, 1959, w as issued for Portland and Seattle.
TWA, who had also applied for permission to fly the route from the four West Coast cities, was given permanent authorization to serve Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Stewardess Elected Secretary Of Red Cross Aquatic Group
Stewardess Nonna Cheatham has been elected secretary of the Life Buoy Association, an honorary organization made up of students who have attended Red Cross aquatic schools in the Pacific area. Nonna was awarded a scholarship by the Berkeley Chapter of the Red Cross to attend the Small Craft section of the aquatic school at Twin Echoes, Idaho, in June.
Passenger Buys An Ad To Praise Hong Kong Sales Rep
One of the most novel means of a passenger expressing appreciation for the service he received from an airline turned up recently in Honolulu.
A Chinese passenger who traveled from Honolulu to Hong Kong bought a four-inch, three-column ad in a Honolulu Chi-nese-language newspaper to praise the service he had re-received from Joe Wong, PAA sales representative in Hong Kong. The ad sugegsts that anyone contemplating a trip to Hong Kong would he wise to fly Pan American.
Pole Vault Schedules Still In Planning Stage
Division officials have been meeting almost daily since the award of the Polar Route to Pan American to establish schedules that will be operated on the route.
Although service was authorized from all four West Coast gateways, the exact pattern or flight frequency has not yet been finally determined.
Tentative plans call for terminating all flights from the West Coast at London. Later, if traffic demands warrant it, trios could be operated direct to Paris. Next summer the flight frequency may be increased over that which will be operated this winter.
It is probable that all service on the route will he operated with DC-7C equipment. Present plans are to offer combination service— either tourist or sleeperette seats.
No additional aircraft will he needed to operate the new service during the winter. Time normally devoted to charter operations during the winter period will he utilized on the Polar Route.
Fight crews will lay over at Frobisher (re-fueling point for all flights) and at London.
Three flights will be operated prior to inauguration of scheduled service. A survey flight in a DC-4 has been set up to depart in the near future. This flight will go only as far as Frobisher, hut will also be used to check alternate airports in the area.
Prior to inauguration of scheduled service a CAA proving flight and press flight will be operated. Both of these will probably go to London and Paris.
Fuel sealing of the first DC-8 front wing spar was completed by Douglas last month.
PAA Marks 20th Anniversary Of Atlantic Survey
Last month, on July 5th, Pan American marked the twentieth anniversary of the first trans-Atlantic survey flight to test the practicality of operating regular air service between the United States and Europe.
In command of the Sikorsky S-42B flying boat was Captain Harold E. Gray, now executive vice president of the Atlantic Division. It took the plane over 28 hours to make the hop from Port Washington, Long Island, to Southampton, England.
Today the Atlantic is crossed 60 times each day by commercial airliners flying the flags of 15 different nations. Pan American alone has carried 2,500,000 passengers across the Atlantic on over 64,000 flights. Flight time today in a DC-7C Clipper is just 12 hours.
The average suggestion award in the division/is $42.94.
NEXT MONTH: CUPPER BY MAIL
Commencing with the issue of September 5th the CLIPPER will he mailed to the homes of all employees based on the West Coast and in Honolulu.
The paper will be mailed flat, not enclosed in an envelope. Several sample mailings were conducted to make sure that the paer would arrive in good condition.
Since material of this sort will not be forwarded by the Post Office, all employees must have their correct home address on file with Personnel if they wish to receive the CLIPPER.