Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
AVIATION
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERToN.

The route from Columbus to
Waynoka is flown via Dayton. st.
Louis, Kansas City and Wichita.
That from Clovis to Los Angeles
includes airplane stops at Albu-
querque, WinSlow. Kingman and
BarStow.
United States air transport
operators are extending their
lines outside the national borders
almost as rapidly as on native
soil. Pan-American Anyways this
week began the operation of a
United States contract air mail
route from Cristobal, Canal Zone,
down the east coast of south
American through Cartagena and
Barranquilla, Colombia, to Cura-
Gao, Dutch West Indies. This line
is to be extended in the near
future to Venezuela. Postage
from Miami to Curacao has been
set at 40 cents for the first half
ounce, plus the domestic air mail
fee of 5 cents for further carry
ing in this country.
Germany follows the United
States in the amount of COM
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According to the latest figures re-
ceived here by the Department of
Commences Bureau Of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, 1880
miles Of airwayS are under opera
ton by German air lines. This
figure has been cut some this
Summer by reason of the recent
budget reduction for subsidy pur-
poses. The daily mileage flown at
the height of the Summer season
probably will be about $4,000
miles, with a Winter mileage of
$500 miles less.
Commercial Lines Subsidized.
France has commercial lines,
also subsidized, operating over air.
ways totaling 1882 miles in
length. While large part of the
mileage Is flown but once a week,
the London Paris line is flown
three times daily. The average
daily mileage flown in the Sum-
mer is estimated at 10000 miles
and the Winter mileage at $4,000,
which Is thought by the Depart
ment of Commerce to be liberal.
Great Britain operates 1882
miles of commercial Always, the
Summer weekday average of fly
ing totaling about 5000 miles,
which Is nearly so per cent more
than the Winter total. A new line
has been extended to india this
year, over which 5000 miles are
flown once a week.
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but, as some Of them are flown
but three times O week, its daily
mileage flown is estimated to be
about 5000 miles, with a Winter
mileage of 1000.
The Netherlands has 2,O92 miles
of Always and its planes fly q
total distance daily of $500 miles
in the Summer and $500 in the
Winter.
In the opinion of Maj. Clarence
M. Young, director of aeronauticS
of the Department Of Commerce,
who is expected to succeed VIII
liam P. MacCracken, jr., as As
sistant Secretary of Commerce
for Aeronautics, air transport has
attained . definite place in the
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ton in the United States. g
The established airways system,
he Is convinced, Is the backbone
of commercial aviation in this
country, although the operations
over the network of airwayS con-
stitute only one-tenth of all the
civil flying In the United States
today.
Though the record Of progress
in all branches of American avia-
ton up to January / of this year
was characterized by Mai. Young
at that time as phenomenal"
the rate Of progress has increased
tremendously during the opening
six months Of the year.
The airway mileage over which
United States contract air mail,
passenger and express planes
operate on regular schedule has
more than doubled since January
l, while the daily mileage flown
has increased almost three times.
Demands for new air mail
routes have been received by the
Post Office Department from
scores of American cities and
towns and new air passenger and
express lines are springing up in
all parts Of the land. Capital in
almost limitless quantities is at
the disposal of the aviation COM
panieS, and it is expected that the
present tide of development will
continue to rise almost unchecked
until cold weather sets in next
Winter.