The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-14
COMMERCIAL PLANE
Is REPAIRED HERE
General Manager of the Triangle Air
ways Company in the City
Sizing Up Business.

The HS-2-L. which has been in PEN
sacol4 for several days, making re-
pairs, win leave this morning about 10
o'clock for New Orleans, on it's return
trip to Chicago. where this big sea-
plane is engaged in commercial avia-
ton.
Captain Paul A. Townsend, general
manager of the Triangle Anyways of
Chicago, with the president Of the
company, j. A. Colvin, have been in
Pensacola for several days, as have
been the pilot and mechanician Of the
HS-2-L, LIT. r. B. Clark, and r. J.
/ Ramig.
The HS-2-L IS a six passenger plane
and has been engaged in commercial
flying for some months, making cities
and towns on the Great Lakes, and
carrying passengers or freight.
When seen last night at the San
Carlos hotel, MIR. Townsend spoke in
his praise of the hospitable treatment
his company had received since COM
ing to Pensacola, and particularly of
the many courtesies which had been
shown him and his companions at the
Pensacola Naval Air Station by Off
GERS and the entire personnel with
whom they had come in contact.
THE HS-2LL is of the navy type, and
has been converted into a passenger
carrying cruiser, for use in CONNER
ciaI flying. The plane has been flying
over the Great Lakes since last Au-
gust, and in company with an army
plane, left Chicago on November End,
flying over the drainage canal to
Peoria, and then down the Mississippi
to New Orleans, from which point the
HS-2-L made its flight to Pensacola,
leaving the other plane in the delta
city. Captain Townsend was accom-
panied by his wife, who remained in
New Orleans with other members OF
the party, which includes Lit. r. w
Pears, pilot, and w. 3. Kelley. LIT
Pears was lieutenant in the army
and Mr.. Kelley was an aerial photog-
rapher in France. Every man in the
party has seen foreign service.
The Triangle Always Company is
a subsidiary branch Of the Triangle
Motor Company, Inc, and was or
ganized last summer for the purpose
of commercial flying,
Mr.. Townsend stated that the trip
was a "feeler' as TO the prospects for
commercial aviation and that his COM
pany was contemplating the establish
ment Of an airline between New Or
leans and Chicago, provided it was
found TO be practicable.
1--WE believe that we could establish
the fact that air travel is comfortable
and safe. We feel that our trip south
has established that fact, for we did
not suffer the slightest accident en-
route.
at Peoria, ILL.,. they were holding
baby show, and we offered to take
UP certain number of the babies and
their mo rs. One little four-months-
old tot went in and came out fast
asleep, and every mother was delight
ed. We captured Peoria. After that
the town was ours
Captain Townsend believes that air
travel is quite as safe as travel by |
land or water. While the trip south |
was made almost all the way over the |
water routes, the company uses both |
land and sea planes, of which it has |
fuite a number, which have been en-
gagged in service on the Great Lakes all
summer.
Captain Townsend will take two or /
three passengers to New Orleans with /
him this morning on the return trip, |
provided he is notified in time of their /
wish to make the trip.