Pan Am clipper, Vol. 29, No. 10, May 12, 1969

              Writing the 747 ‘book9
A je t is flown “by the book.” The book—or books, actu ally — are the m anuals w hich cover every phase of the airplane and its power plants. The 747’s book is being w ritten rig h t now. One of the h a rd e st w orking Pan Am team s—and the one th e public h ears least about— is the one living in E v erett and S eattle these days, headed by Scott Flower,* Pan Am’s C hief Pilot-Technical. Capt. Flow er and his team were largely responsible fo r the design of the 747’s cockpit, and they have been completely absorbed in the a ir­ p lan e’s program from the sta rt. Now, as the planes go into the a ir fo r the testin g program , the team ’s activity is m oving into a new phase—the w ritin g of the “book” by w hich every Pan Am 747 will be flown. Like every other m an u factu red item, an airp lan e m u st be extensively tested to develop the num bers which will guide its ultim ate use. T h a t’s why autom obile m an u fa ctu rers build te s t tracks, and why a m aker of to a st­ ers m aintains a lab in w hich a new to a ste r is run th rough a sim ulated lifetim e of operation.

‘Editing’ The Book
E ach flight of the grow ing fleet of 747s re tu rn s w ith new d ata fo r the Flow er team to consider fo r in­ clusion in the flight m anuals. The input of inform ation is enormous, b u t out of it will come tex t and ch a rts and g raphs th a t a flight crew can use w ith assurance, and w ith the efficiency th a t today’s airlin e flying dem ands. The aim— and the re su lt—will be a system of to tal pred ictab ility of the perform ance of the airplane. F o r example, the 747 m anual will contain a c h a rt which will tell a flight engineer— and the pilot crew sittin g in fro n t of him—exactly how much fuel the 747’s engine will use a t any altitude, and a t any tem perature, w ith any power setting. By the tim e Pan Am begins to tra in its flight crews, th is ch a rt— and thousands of oth er pieces of exact, in stantly-available inform a-

The first Pan Am 747 to fly— from Paine Field at Everett, Washington, on April 11— coasts in to land at Boeing Field outside Seattle, on April 15 after a flight. The Clipper America is the second 747 off the assembly line and will be the first to see commercial service when Pan Am introduces the 747 to the world later this year. In foreground is The Boeing Company’s test 747.

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Vol. 29, No. 10 ___________________________________Published every otfter Monday____________ _________________________ May 12, 1969

P an Am will reduce fa re s th is sum m er fo r pas­ sengers trav elin g betw een the U nited S tates and E urope on weekend flights. The reduction is av a il­ able u n d er the c a rrie r’s 14-21 day E xcursion P lan. The fares, approved by the Civil A eronautics Board, reduce the cost of weekend trav el from $399 to $360 ro u n d trip betw een New York and London, fo r example, durin g norm al travel periods. D uring peak sum m er trav el periods, the New York-London ro u n d trip weekend fa re will be low­ ered from $484.50 to $410. The weekend fa re reductions have been accom­ plished by extending the 14-21 day Excursion fares, now in effect, to cover weekends and cer­ tain oth er peak sum m er trav el periods w hich were previously excluded. E xtension of th e 14-21 day E xcursion fa res to weekends and durin g previously excluded peak sum m er trav el periods became effective May 1.

A t the same time, the five per cent discount, p re­ viously offered on norm al ro u n d trip tra n sa tla n tic travel, w as elim inated. Thus, fo r example, the norm al ro u n d trip Econ­ omy fa re between New York and London was increased from $399 to $420 d uring the off-season, and from $484.50 to $510 durin g the peak season, effective May 1. N orm an P. Blake, senior vice-president, Traffic and Sales, said th a t the extension of the Excursion fa re s to cover weekend trav el “m akes it possible fo r additional thousands of trav elers to begin th e ir trip abroad on F rid ay n ig h t or S aturd ay m orning ra th e r th an w aiting until Monday, when the 14-21 day E xcursion fa res were previously open fo r travel. A t the same time, passengers are no longer required to begin th e ir trip home until the end of a weekend abroad.” In addition to weekend travel, passengers may now use the 14-21 day Excursion fa res d uring the

peak trav el periods of Ju n e 9 th ro u g h Ju ly 3 and between Aug. 4-21 fo r trav el o rig in atin g in the U.S., and from Ju n e 2-19 and Aug. 18-24 fo r trav el o rig in atin g in E urope. P assen g ers will pay $410 ro u n d trip between New York and London during these peak sum m er periods, when they use the 14-21 day E xcursion plan. The cost w as $484.50 fo r such a trip last summer. P an Am noted it will fu rth e r lower U.S.-Europe fa res th is fall when it introduces bulk inclusive to u r fa res on Nov. 1. These new bulk fares, fo r example, will reduce the cost of a New York-Lon­ don 14-21 day ro u n d trip to u r package, cu rren tly selling fo r $300, to as low as $275. U nder the bulk fa re plan, Pan Am will sell blocks of 40 seats and upw ards to to u r operators, who will package the seats and associated land arran g em en ts fo r the trav eler.

She’s no machinePhyllis is all girl!
Chivalry isn ’t dead. All it takes to rouse the gentlem anly behavior is a little kindness and compassion — p artic u la rly in th is age of The M achine. And th a t’s how a dozen pink roses found th e ir way to the desk of Phyllis E isenberg of general telephone sales in New York. Miss E isenberg is not a m achine. B ut let the passenger who found out he w asn’t talking to a tra n s is to r tell it, as he told it to Phyllis, in blank verse:

Lounsbury retires, Toledo takes over as Traffic director
NEW YORK— R. C. Lounsbury, di­ rector-Traffic fo r Pan Am and a pioneer in the developm ent of airlin e traffic procedures, tariffs, schedules and fa cilitatio n will re tire May 31 a fte r 40 y ears of service. H arold L. Graham , vice-presidentSerVice has nam ed A lberto Toledo, form erly m anager-T ariffs, to the post of director-Traffic. Mr. L ounsbury will serve as a consu ltan t to Mr. Toledo until retirem ent. Mr. L ounsbury credits C harles L indbergh’s solo flight crossing the A tlantic as in sp iratio n fo r his ta k ­ ing flying lessons and then joining Pan Am in 1929. He was am ong the a ir industry experts who helped d ra ft portions of the Civil A eronautics Act of 1938, resu ltin g in the creation of the Civil A eronautics Board. D uring his career a t Pan Am, Mr.

Telephone circuits, Men’s messenger, Determines feelings, Destiny. You, no automaton Of a computer age, Your able consideration, Concern, on a Telephone, Enabled me to be Gentle to someone Else.
The poem was attach ed bouquet of roses. to the

R. C. Lounsbury, left, retiring May 31 after 40 years, welcomes his successor to post of director-Traffic, Alberto Toledo, formerly manager-Tariffs. Mr. Lounsbury is serving as consultant to Mr. Toledo until he retires at the end of the month.

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