Evening star., 1928-04-27
PLAN CELEBRATION
OF AIR MAIL START
Officials and Trade Groups to
Meet First New York-At-
Ianta Plane Here.

With Government officials. members
OF Congress and representatives of To-
cal organizations present TO celebrate
the event. the first airplane on the
New York Washington Atlanta air mail
route will arrive Southbound at Boiling
Field about 9 o'clock Tuesday night.
Postmaster General Harry New will act
as postman personally taking to the
flying field and delivering TO The aerial
letter carrier the first batcn II air mail
from Washington to the Southern
States.
Inauguration OF this new regular air
mail service will give Washington direct
mail connection by air with the trans
continental air lines to she West, the
New England lines north and the lines
from Atlanta to New Orleans and
Miami. Southbound and northbound
planes will fly daily between New YORK
and Atlanta, stopping en- route to PICK
up mail at Philadelphia, Washington,
Richmond. Greensboro, N. c., and spar
tanburg. s. c.
I5.Minute Stop Here.
The regular schedule calls for the ar
rival OF the Southbound plane at Boil
ing Field each night at 1880 o'clock
and its departure at ll:45 pm, ana
for the arrival of the northbound plane
at 2:20 am. and its departure at 2:35
am. BY special arrangement with Pit
cairn Aviation. Inc. OF Philadelphia.
the company which has the mail-carry-
ing contract, special plane will be
sent earlier on the night OF Tuesday,
Nav /, in order that the ceremony at
the local field may be facilitated
ARRANGEMENTS for the big celebration
are being made by the special aviation
committee of the Washington Board Of
Trade at the request OF the Bureau OF
AeronauticS of the Department Of Com
merce. The War Department has been
requested 10 give display Of night fly
ing at Boiling Field and this Is expect
ed to be arranged without difficulty as
soon as Lawrence Z. Williams. chair
man of the boards aviation committee.
has conferred with Mai Howard c.
Davidson. commanding officer OF the
field.
Senators and Representatives have
been requested TO send letters. by the
first northbound and southbound planes
to their constituents. calling attention
to the new service linking the National
Capital with the rest of the country by
air, and many of them are expected TO
comply. President Coolidge has been
asked by the local committee to send
similar letters to the governors OF the
States, but 1t Is not yet certain whether
he will find time TO do this.
Board to Send Letters.
Letters from the Board of Trade and
other local organizations TO organlZa-
tions in the cities along the route. and
from the National Aeronautic Assoc.a-
ton TO member organizations through
out the country will be in the first
batch OF mail to leave the city by the
new service.
Secretary OF Commerce for Aero
nautics, has been invited to take part
in the celebration and hand the pilot
of the flrst plane an Official strip map
OF the new route. Mr.. MacCracken is
III, and II ne is not able to be present 1t
Is likely that another representative OF
the Department OF Commerce viii be
designated to attend.
The planes which will be used on the
new route are the Pitcairn Mail Wings,
manufactured by Pitcairn Aviation. Inc.
They are biplanes with Wright whirl-
wind engines They are not designed TO
carry passengers, but can carry 900
pounds OF mail The company expectS
TO inaugurate passenger service on the
same route, after 1t has had experience
in sending planes on regular schedule
with the mails.
All Post Offices Served.
The regular daily schedule calls for
the departure OF the mail from New
York City at pm. and the departure
of the mail plane from Hadley Field.
New Brunswick, N. j., at $40 pm. Co
ing south, the plane will leave Phila-
deiphia al 1924 pm, Washington at
1I:45 pm. Richmond at 1902 am.
Greensboro at 2:59 am. and Spartan
burg at 4:32 am, arriving at Atlanta
at SIT am. The northbound planes
win leave Atlanta at pm, Spartan
burg at $50 pm, Greensboro at ll:2l
pm. Richmond at :2S am. Washing
ton at 2:35 am. and Philadelphia at
1856 am, arriving at Hadley Field at
4 as am, whence the mail will be trans
ported TO New York City. arriving at
els am.
Air mail goes at a fiat rate OF 10
cents per half ounce A half ounce Is
equal To one envelope and two sheets
OF average weight writing paper Any
stamps may be used. All that is neces-
sary Is TO put on the letter five 2-cent
stamps. write "Air mall conspicuously
near the address and drop the letter
in any mail box.
Air mail viii be forwarded 10 any
post ONCE in the United States. Pack
ages may be sent at the rate OF 10
cents per half ounce, but no package
must weigh more than so pounds. nor
measure more than 81 inches In length.
plus Rirth.