Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
AVIATION
BY JOSEPH S. EDdERToN.


less front-page space and are be-
! ing claSSed, as they should, with
other types of transportation &C
cidents, Is another indication that
aviation is settling down into Its
proper place in the modern
scheme of civilization.
Entirely aside from what may
be indicated by the news treat
ment or lack of treatment
! of aviation events, there was
, real progress again--or Still--in
the local air transport field dur
ing the past week. The National
Capitals fifth air transport line
or sixth If the airmail and pas
senger services of Eastern All
Transport are considered as sep
arate lines, was established.
The new line, operated by Dixie
Flying Service, operators Of sew
eral Virginia airports, including
the big Richard E. Byrd Airport
at Richmond, will be flown only
during the week ends for the
present, between Charlottesville
va, and the National Capital. It
will rely upon students at the
University Of Virginia and other
schools in that vicinity for the
bulk of its traffic during the ini-
tial period Of its operation.
Reducing Time and Cost.
The combined airplane fares
between Charlottesville and New
York, Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh, it is claimed, are less than
fares by the existing indirect rail
and bus lines. Travel time be-
tween Charlottesville and New
York is reduced from approx
mately 10 hours to two hours and
As minutes by the new line, it is
announced.
While the schedule calls for
flights between the National Cap
ital and Charlottesville only, serv-
ice will be extended upon request
to Danville and Lynchburg. Flying
time between Charlottesville and
Washington Hoover Airport, local
terminal for the line, is SIS min
uteS. Departure time from Char
lotteSville will be 3::45 pm. Fri
days, and 10:45 am. and las pm.
Saturdays and Sundays. Return
trips from washington will be
made at IL noon Saturday and
Sunday, and ASS pm. Friday,
Saturday and Sunday Of each
week.
The schedule is timed for quick
connections at the local airport
with passenger planes of the New
York, Philadelphia g. Washington
Airline to Philadelphia and New
York, and the Pennsylvania Air
lines to Pittsburgh and Cleveland.
Officials of the New York line,
operating % tri-motored planes
daily between the National Capt.
tai and New York, have an
nounced what is said to be a rec
ord unequaled by any air trans
port line in the world for q single
days operation-the. carrying of
241 paid passengers a week ago
yesterday. More than 100 addi-
tional requests for reservations
were turned down for lack of
space. During the first half Of
October, 1t was stated, more than
700 reservations were refused be-
cause the planes were Allied to ca
pacity. New planes have been or
dered and viii be put into service
to take care Of this Unexpectedly
heavy overflow"
Southern Line Planned.
Eastern Air TRANSPORTS uassen-
ger line section has acquired an
l8-paSsenger, twin-engined Cur
tiSS Condor transport plane, which
1t is understood will go into Serv-
ice when the passenger line is ex-
tended to Atlanta, Ca, to connect
with the new southern tranScon-
tinental airmail and passenger
line which was inaugurated dur
ing the past week between At
lanta and Los Angeles.
Postmaster General Walter +.
Brown and two members Of the
"air cabinet" w. I. Glover, As
sistant Postmaster General in
Charge of Airmail, and Clarence
M. Young, Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce for Aeronauties, were
passengers on the Condor on its
first flight over the line during
the week. The flight was 1lade in
connection with the establish
ment Of the southern tranSconti-
mental service and did not mark
the beginning of service over the
Eastern Air Transport line south
Of Richmond, the present south
ern passenger terminal.
With the establishment Of the
new Charlottesville line there are
80 passenger plane movements
each Saturday at Washington
Hoover Airport, 26 Of these being
trimotorS. There are 26 daily
passenger plane movements at the
field on regular schedule, "a OF
these being trimotorS.
The local field has taken high
rank among the busiest of Amer
lean airportS and it is understood
plans are being considered for
local luncheon clubs to hold meet
ingS in the field terminal build
ing, as Is done at several of the
larger Western airports, giving the
meetings q true aeronautical
flavor, what speeches there may be
being puncutated by the arrival
and departure of passenger planes.
Though In some of the cities
where this practice has become
popular 1t is necessary for club
members to eat in the hangers,
local airport people say they can
accommodate all but the largest
of the local clubs In the waiting
room and dining room Of the ter
minal building.