Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19

of 600 pounds over the installation Of
the water-cooled Liberty. 81
BY the installation of the Wasp
space for two passengers In cock.
pit comparable to a small coupe has
been made available, while the re-
mainder of the cargo space is given
over to the mail. Mr.. Tidmarsh ex.
planned that should the mail run extra
heavy and passengers are booked to
go through. one or both probably
would have to be sacrificed for the
mail.
I'VE are only scratching the sur.
face in long-distance passenger trans
port now" Mr.. Tidnarsh said,
land are centering our interests on
getting the mail through at an even
higher performance rate than the de.
partment did. We feel we have an ad.
vantage with the new Boeing planes
which can carry more load and cruise
faster-at about 10 miles an hour.
with a reserve speed of 80 miles to
use in the event Of delays.
passenger transport will be avail
able to the public and If we find the
demand great enough, it is likely that
by next Summer we will have larger
ships and will be ready to go into
the passenger-carrying business with
the same enthusiasm with which we
are anticipating the transport of the
mails"
Is Planes to Be Used.
The first Boeing mail plane will
leave Chicago at 8 pm. on July l and
arrive at San Francisco 20 hours
later. Stops will be made at Iowa
CITY, Omaha, North Platte. Cheyenne,
ROCK Springs, Wyo.; Elko, New:
Salt Lake City, Reno, Sacramento
ana San Francisco. On July /
the eastbound Boeing mail plane will
leave San Francisco at pm. and
arrive in Chicago 20 hours later, the
difference OF two hours in the flying
time being due to the westerly prevail
ing winds.
twenty-five Boeing mail planes will
be available. while IS actually will be
put in use. 1t is probable that the
chicago plane. westbound. will stop at
Omaha and fresh plane and pilot
viii continue on to Cheyenne, where
another relay will be made. Salt Lake
CITY Will offer another change i'm
pilots and planes and Reno will be the
last.
The Boeing Co. has retained all the
hardened expert and skilled air mail
pilots, who now are serving their IA at
days under the Post once Depart.
ment and most of the ground person.
mel. In reality, Mr.. Tidmarsh explain.
ca, the only change on July / will be
that newer and more efficient type
or snip Will take the air from Chicago
and San Francisco.
Until the National Air Transport
Inc, inaugurates its New York line,
the Boeing Co. will continue to oper-
ate out of haywood, ILL.,, suburb
OF Chicago, where the department
developed model and ideal airport.
After August ], the two commercial
companies will combine at municipal
field at Cicero, Ill.
Has IL Passenger Planes. !,
The National Air Transport will
place In service between New York
and Chicago a fleet of Douglas air
mail planes, which 1t bought at auc-
ton at the department several days
ago. These planes are constructed
solely for the purpose of carrying
mail and no space is available for
passengers. However, the company
has l Ford all-metal, hree.engine
passenger plane, capable Of carrying
10 persons, and 10 travel-air cabin
biplanes, which can carry at least four
persons in each ship. It is thought
here that the National Air Transport
would run these and other passenger
ships parallel with the mail planes.
thus keeping to. their schedule.
Connections may be made at Salt
Lake City with the Western Air Elk
press, which now operates an air mail
passenger route between that city