The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-27
12-Passenger
Plane In Shore
Air Service
Factory and Field at Bryn
Athyn, Pa, With Terminal
Planned Here
TO
SERVICE IN SPRING
Plane Now Under Construc-
tiOn-Run to Atlantic City
In Thirty Minutes-Rate 80
Cents Per Mile


The air line passenger service
between Philadelphia and Camden
and the Worlds Playground will be
inaugurated next spring, it is an
nounced by Lawrence LIE Page, as
sistant to D. S. Charles, general
manager of the Pitcairn Aviation
Company.
The factory and air field of the
company is at Bryn Athyn, Pa. The
company is already building a r.
passenger plane, n of the type to
be used in the service.
One of the features of the service
will be the working cooperation
between taxicab companies in cities
which will be served by the air
transportation.
The taxicab companies will act in
the capacity of booking agents and
will transport the passengers from
the booking Office to the air field,
where they will be transported to
their destination and will then be
taken to their hotels or places of
business by waiting taxicabs.
Arrangements have been made to
land the airplanes on the air field.
Taxicabs will then transport the
passengers from there to Atlantic
City. This service is included in
the cost of the flight, and no extra
charges are to be assumed by the
passengers.
The plans of the company to form
an agreement with the taxicab com
pany in Atlantic City have material
ly aided in preventing the transport
tation plans from being rounded
into final shape. :.
In Camden, the Yellow Cab COM
pany of that city has agreed to act
as booking agent for the Pitcairn
company.
Inauguration of the service has
been under consideration for. more
than a year, but was not announced,
as officials of the company declared
they did not think the public de-
mand warranted the installation of
the service.
Two Phila. Airports Considered.
A rate of approximately 30 cents
a passenger mile will be charged.
The many operation details and the
taxicab companies to be used in the
installation of the service would not
be commented upon by LePage, who
declared that he was that
the plans public and that he
did not wish to announce the COM
plete details until they are finished.
! The airports in Philadelphia I'M
der consideration are Model Farms,
the Municipal airport and the field
owned by the Pitcairn company, at
Hallowell, Pa. In the event that the
public demand is sufficient, both
fields will be used for the terminals
of the air route.
Model Farms will serve the resi-
dents of North, Central and South
Philadelphia, while the Hallowell
field will serve the residents of the
extreme north and west sections of
Philadelphia and the outlying sub
urbs.
In Camden it Is planned to use
the Moro-Phillips tract, a field of
more than 20 acres, which is owned
by an estate. The field is a ten
minute ride from the center of
Camden by automobile.
The type of planes to be used in
| Camden will be smaller than the
type to be used in Philadelphia.
Camden will be served by a plane
capable of holding two passengers
and a pilot.
The type of plane that will be
used from the Philadelphia field
will be known as the "Fleetwing"
of PM, and will be driven by a
single motor. The plane will have
a cruising speed of approximately
100 miles an hour. This means
that the run to Atlantic City will
be made in about 80 minutes. The
running time from Camden will be
decreased about " minutes.