Clipper, Vol. 12, No. 8, April 19, 1956

              Read From California To Calcutta, From Alaska To Australasia
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
JUST A COUPLE OF RINK AMATEURS
Johnny, ag^lO, and Alan, age 15, sons of Whitehorse SOM Jim Nor-ringtcn, are getting some instruction from their dad at the local hockey rink. Johnny is just starting the game, but Alan is already a seasoned veteran. His last two years in midget hockey he led the league in scoring. In his first year in juvenile hockey he won the most valuable player award, and this year he took the league’s top scoring award. Jim, who is president of the Whitehorse Senior Hockey League, is apparently making it his personal business to see that the United States does not repeat its triumph over 'Canada in the 1960 Winter Olympics.
POLAR ROUTE EXHIBIT FILED
Pan American Asks CAB For Authority To Operate From All Four West Coast Gateways To Europe
Vol. 12 No.8
First "Seven Seas" Due In San Francisco May 1
Aircraft Will Be Available For 10 Days Of Pilot Training
The arrival date of the first DC-7C to be delivered to the Pacific-Alaska Division has now been advanced to May 1st.
At that time a non-certificated airplane will be flown to San Francisco, where it will be available for training for ten days. It is anticipated that the airplane will be flown ten hours every day.
The first to he qualified on the new equipment will be instrument flight instructors, check pilots and supervisory pilots.
This plane, actually destined for the Atlantic Division, will be returned after the ten day period.
PAA Directors Declare 20 Cent Dividend Payable Next Month
At a meeting this month the Pan American Board of Directors declared a dividend of 20 cents per share payable May 16,	1956 to
stockholders of record at the close of business on April 13th. This is the forty-sixth dividend paid by Pan American and the second this year.
The PAD Suggestion Committee has paid out $2,212.50 this year.
SLOW MOTION
Norman Rapp, mechanic in San Francisco Parts Control, doesn’t claim that driving this around the base gave him his start in his spare-time career. He doesn’t even think it’s good training. But he agreed that it was a good idea for a picture. For more pictures and the story on Norm’s other driving activities, see page 4.
Airline passengers, mail and cargo from the West Coast to F.urope have now developed to the stage where the two United States trans-Atlantic airlines, Pan American and TWA, could operate profitable direct service over the Polar Route, Pan American said last week in a statement accompanying detailed economic analyses of the proposed service filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington.
Both Pan American and TWA have applied to the Board for the right to fly the Polar Route.
For the public, a Polur service from the West Coast to London would represent a saving of 1,074 miles from Seattle, 1,013 from Portland, 659 from San Francisco and 432 from Los Angeles. The savings in time, however, would he much greater than is indicated by the mileage differences, Pan American said.
The best transcontinental and trans-Atlantic flights are both over-
night services. A passenger arriving in New York in the morning off the crack transcontinental non-stops usually has to wait until late afternoon to depart to Europe. Time savings of the direct services would be from five to 15 hours, or from a two-night trip to a one-night trip, Pan American said.
Approximately 50,000 people flew from the West Coast to Europe in 1955, Pan American’s analyses show. The West Coast is the most rapidly growing area in the country, already accounting for 10 per cent of the total U.S. population. Its residents also account for 10 per cent of the number of passports issued.
Scandinavian, British, German and Canadian airlines have rights to fly the Polar Route between the West Coast and Europe. The Scandinavian airline has been operating the service since 1954. “It is clear that it is necessary to author-(Continued on Page 8)
April 19, 1956
Old Bayshore Highway Closed To Private Cars
San Francisco Employees Must Use Freeway To Reach Terminal
The management of San Francisco International Airport has announced that the Old Bayshore Highway, running from the Pan American base to the new terminal, has now been closed to all traffic except official airline and airport vehicles.
This move has been necessitated by construction work that is part of the master plan for the airport. Eventually this road will be part of the aircraft handling area.
All PAA vehicles normally permitted within operational areas at the airport may continue to use a new road that connects with Old Bayshore Highway.
Employees driving personal automobiles must use Bayshore Freeway in going to and from the terminal from the PAA base. This route must be taken regardless of whether or not the trip may be for business purposes.
STAYING POWER
Effective last Monday a different company started providing the janitorial service at PAD headquarters after the job was put up for bid. However, the low bidder was advised that as a condition of winning the contract he must employ Angelo Ripa, above, longtime “institution” around PAA’s San Francisco base. To this the American Building Maintenance Company readily agreed, so Angelo will continue to work at Pan American—just as he has done for the past 16 years.