New Britain herald., 1930-05-02
Great Strides in Manufac. turing, Regular Lines and Number of Pilots Seen -- SIP Per Cent More Licensed Pliers in States.
Boston, May ? iuPl-Prosress ia

Boston, May . lLPl-Prosress in New England during the past year has been markedly ssyWar5.
 Giant strides have been taken in the development Of virtually every department ot aero1aItcs. ir nas revealed by 2 survey or the siI states conn mpletc3 today by tha United Press.
 New air transport lines new ar ports, new atrplane factories. big galns ln air mai volume. and notable increases in the number Of licensed pilots all testified 10 the fact that, at last New England has definitely taken off i7 the or sanized promotion ot aviation.
 3t2 Per Gent Increase
 An Increase of SIP per cent lu the number or New EnElanders holding federal 7Iot licenses as compared with 2. year ago VAS indicated. The present total $ 55G, compared with TT last year Totals by states for 1930 and 1a29 follow: Massachu- sets. 3l4 and 1o9. Connecticut. ii and A. Rhode Island. 39 and 7; Name. 37 and :. New Hampshire 34 and 5, Vermont. IS and :.
 A gain e 354 per cent in the number ot holders Of state plot licenses was indicated. the present total being 455, compared with 121 last year This increase is d con serFatlve estimate because figures for Rhode Island. Vermont and New Hampshire were no: available.
 Women Play Part
 Women are playing an increasing part in air progress in New Eng land. Massachusetts. for example. had only two licensed ai-uomen a year ago, whereas today there are six. They include Maude I. Tat, Springfield; Charlotte E, Crooks. Northampton. and Mary E. Baen. Brookline. who hold federal H. censes; and Joan Fay shankIe, Woods Hole: Eleanor Hoyt, Marion: and Cecil Kenyon, Boston. who hold state licenses. Several other young women are in the kindergar- ten stage Of pilotjng.
 During the year. tro rer air transports have begun service or new lines, the New England Air Transport (Providence 10 New York; and the New England 6 Western Air Transport corporation tBridgeport to Hartford to Spring field to Albany. This makes d to- tai Of three year-round air services the Colonial Air Transport having been previously established
 More Summer Lines
 Tn addition 10 these major sys- ten1s. summer vacation service IS provided by the Curtiss interests be- tween Boston. Cape Cod. and Nan tucket, and the same concern may open an air line between Boston and I the White Mountains this summer. l Also, qhere IS what IS known as an experimental line between Rockland !. and Bangor, Me
 That air travel Is becoming tn- creasingly popular is a-tested by the . fact that during the first three months Of this year Colonial Trans port carried 2,215 passengers, com pared with only 5,077 during eight . and & half months Of 1929
 Sharing in the general develop ment Of aviation is the air mail. The Boston post office IS now hand ling approximately 124 900 ounces . Of air mail per month, com pared . with 7o.4o0 ounces monthly 2 year ago. Of the present monthly total about ss,609 ounces represents out . going mail. Last year 10 men were employed IT handling air mall at the local office This force has not been increased to 14, i
 The survey showed that thsre are now 172 alrports, landing fields and i emergency fields in New England, II compared with only 79 q year ago,
 The number of such airpo-+s and landing fields, by states. for 1930 and 1929 IS as follows: Massachu- sets S and g9; Connecticut, 2o and q; Maine. 25 and !; New Hamp- shire. ct and z: Vermont, q and II; Rhode Tslatd, ] I and 5. During the year four new air plane factories started operations. two in Connecticut one n Massa- chusetts. and one in Rhode Island