Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-30
AIR LINES TOL|NK
AMERICAS SOON
Lindbergh Hop to Panama
Will Open New Units of In
ternationa| System.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Is planning to connect the United States
with the principal cities of South
America, it was learned yesterday
Pan-American Always is the holder
of the Miami-Panama contract as well
as the Miami-West Indies contract.
The proposed main air route to South
America, which has been surveyed IN
its entirety and over parts of which
planes are already in operation, leaos
from Panama down the west coast
through Guayauuil, Lima, AntotagaSta,
VALPARAISO and intermediate points and
crosses the Andes Mountains from san
tiago. Chile, to BuenoS Aires.
Montevideo and Rio de Janelro are
within easy water and rail distance
from BuenCs Aires and French COM
many is planning an air service serving
these points.
East Coast to Be Served.
On the east coast the Pan-American
Ajrwavs recently obtained mail con-
tracts from Panama through the coast
cities of Colombia and Venezuela 10
Port of Spain, in Trinidad, and south
ward to Paramaribo, in Dutch Guiana.
That route, it was stated by Always
officials, is now in the process OF organ
ization.
From Paramaribo a projection OF the
East Coast route has been surveyed 10
Pernambuco, Brazil, half way around
the continental shoulder toward NO
de .Janeiro. At Pernambuco this route
would connect with the proposed
French lines connecting Paris with Rio,
Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
Either route, it is estimated, would
bring Buenos Aires within or 5
days of Eastern cities in the United
States, as against IA to II days now
required to make the trip by sea. Dur
ing the recent visit of Presldent-elect
Hoover to South America, aviation pro-
moters there predicted 72-hour serv-
ice from Washington to BuenoS AIRES
within short while.
Pan-American Always contemplates
an arrangement with North American
railways whereby it would be possible to
purchase through tickets from any
place in the United States to any point
along its South American air routes.
Such an arrangement already exists in
connection with the lines now operated
from Miami to Nassau and down the
West Indies to San Juan, Porto Rico.
West Coast Route First.
The Always officials expect that the
West Coast route will be the earlier
through route completed to BuenoS
Aires. It will also be the more direct
route, since the West Coast OF South
America is virtually an extension OF the
Eastern Coast line of North America.
The West Coast route would consist
of five links, the first being the new air
mail line from Miami to Panama, which
touches at Havana, Merida, Yucatan,
Balize, British Honduras and Puerto
Ia NIyt1n a
divides with western branch running
through Guatemala City and San Sal
vador, the capital of the Republic of
Salvador, to Managua, in Nicaragua,
while the eastern bronch goes through
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to Managua.
From Managua the course follows a
single route to San Jose, capital OF
Costa RIGA, and to David and Cristobal,
Panama.
viewed. would run southwark from Cr1S-
tobal to the cities of Jurado, Buena-
ventura and Tumaco in Colombia, and
Bahia do CaraqueS and Guayaqun IN
Scadta, the German aviation COM
pany which for nearly a decade has OPP
Grated prof1tably in Colombia, also has
survey this route with a view to eX-
tending its lines.
Through Peruvian Territory.
The third link swings southwark from
Guayaouil through the Peruvian cities
of Talara, Turjillo, Lima and lea to
Mollendo at the Chilean border. Peru
Wan AirWays a company owned jointly
by Pan-American Always and w. R.
Grace & Co., already is operating
planes over. virtually the entirety OF this
link.
military planes are operating tenta-
tive service, has been surveyed by Pan
American Always through africa,
Iuuiuue, Antofagasta, Caldera, Serena
and Valparaiso to Santiago, the capital
of Chile.
The last and most difficult section
consists of the trip over the Andes to
Buenos Aires. Scout planes have fol-
lowed a route, via San Juan, Cordoba
and Rosario in Argentina, which IS to
the north of the TranS-Andean Rail
way Line. 1t is said to be possible to
obViate the difficulties of mountain
flying by combination air-rail service,
going by plane to Los Andes, at the
foot of the mountains on the Chilean
side and thence by train over the crest
to an Argentine base in the neighbor-
hood Of Mendoza on the edge Of the
pampaS.
An ALTERNATIVE Is o. SOuIilcIly IOuOC
crossing the mountains through 5000
foot pass at Laguna Fria, flying am
phibian planes which could utilize a
chain of lakes and rivers for landing
purposes. Due to the fact that most
of the South American routes follow
the coast, it is planned to make general
use Of amphibians.
Amphibians to Be Used.
&c ;,1 he
near future to send a plane over the
entire route from Miami to Buenos
Aires officials Of the company denied
that Col. lindbergh has any arrange
ment with them to fly farther than
Panama, though it is reported he may
make a similar South American flight
when he has completed his trip OPEN
ing the Miami-Panama service.
The plans for the East Coast service
would permit a traveller to choose be-
tween a flight by way Of Panama OF
down the Windward Islands to Port OF
Spain.
The Panaman route would be the new
Miami-Panama mail route as far as
Cristobai whence amphibian planes are
to follow line through Turbo, Car.
sassna and Barranquilla in Colombia
and Maracaibo, Curacao and MaracaJ
IN VeniZuela TO Port of Spain. From
there the two routes will proceed Il
Georgetown, in British Guiana, ant
Paramaribo.
The West Indian route is under oper
alton from Miami to Havana, Cana
guey and Santiago in Cuba, Port al
Prince, Santo Domingo and San Juan
The service is being organized from
Porto Rico to Guadeloupe and Mar
Unique, from where the planes vii
make the short sea jump to Port o
Spain.
Pan-American Anyways also is a bid
der for the air mail contract from
Brownsville, Tex, to Tampico, Mexic'
City and Vera Cruz, with the option o