Evening star., 1928-11-04
MEXICAN aviation has en-
tered a period of great

A MEXICAN aviation has en-
~ tered a period of great
a aerial transport combines
n and at least four great
organizations are expected to be-
gin airplane passenger and ex-
press service on a large scale in
this country next Spring.
OF equal interest to Washing
tonianS is the announcement of
the organization of International
AirwayS, Inc, with an authorized
capitalization of $l,00O,0OO, to de-
velop Hoover Field as a small but
perfectly designed and equipped
airport, and to establish airplanc
passenger services to New York
and Norfolk, Va.
The past few days have wit
messed startling developments in
the field of air line financing.
The great American railway and
financial interests have proved
they are awake to the challenge
OF modern aviation, and at least
three Of the budding air transport
giants will have the direct back
ing of railroads and banking SyS-
TENS of great wealth.
Big Demand for Planes.
The ambitious air transport
plans for next Spring are forcing
the leading manufacturer of tri-
motored passenger and transport
planes in this country to institute
methods of quantity production to
keep pace with the demands for
new flying equipment.
Another two months is expected
to find the airplane factory of the
Ford Motor Co. on a plane-a-day
production basis, with an i'm
proved ID passenger duralumin
monoplane powered with three
400-horSepower Pratt g. Whit
ney Wasp motors as the standard
model. The Fokker and Boeing
factories, other leading producers
OF tri-motored transports, are fac
ing the necessity of filling orders
beyond the immediate capacities
of their plants and are meeting
the problem, as is Ford, by mass
production methods and plant en-
largementS.
The latest conner in the large
scale air transport field is to be
known as the New York, Chicago
& Pacific Airways Co., with head
quarters in Chicago. This group,
now in process of formation, is in
tended primarily to establish air
passenger service between New
York and Chicago. Extension of
the service to many other cities
is expected to follow after the first
line becomes firmly established.
The company is to have an au-
thorized capital of $5,000,000 and
will utilize the new Ford Wasp
motored planes on it's lines.
Lindbergh in One Line.
One of the greatest of the new
groups is the TranScontinental Air
Transport combine, of which Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh is a leading
light. This combine is said to
include the following interests:
National Aviation Corporation.
Blair g. Co., Central Union Trust
Co. of New York, Knight, DySart
g. Gamble Of st. Louis, c. M. Keys
g. Co., Hemphill, Noyes g. Co..
Dillon, Read g. Co., National Air
Transport, now operating air mail
lines from New York to Chicago
to Dallas, Tex; the Pennsylvania
Railroad, Northwestern Airways,
Pynchon 81 Co., CurtiSS Airplanc
g. Motor Co. and Curtiss Flying
Service. This group is said to
have a financial backing of more
than $10,0O0,OOO.
A second of the air transport
giants includes such powerful
companies as the Wright Aero
nautical Corporation of Paterson,
N. j.; the keystone Co. of Bristol,
Pa; the Looming Aeronautical
Corporation of New York, the
Aviation Corporation of the Amer
icaS, which includes Pan-Ameri-
can AirwayS, whose announce