Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-09
NEW AIR SERVICE
OPENS TOMORROW
Officials Fly South Today to
Take Part in Inaugurating
Line at Atlanta.

Headed by Postmaster General Walter
F. Brown, group of distinguished Fed
eral and civil aviation officials from the
National Capital and New York left
Neutrality-suspicious. Airport this morn
Ing In three giant 18-pasSenger biplanes
and tri-motored monoplane to par
ticipate in the Inauguration of aerial
passenger service to Atlanta, Ga, to
connect there with the new Southern
transcontinental mail and passenger
airline.
Inauguration Of the new line, which
will take place officially tomorrow, when
fleet of 10 tri-motored planes will take
on at various points along the route,
marks the beginning of an exoa ION
program which will give the Nationf i
Capital direct air passenger connection
with every part of the United States,
Canada and 20 countries and terri
torial possessions In the West Indies,
Central and South America.
Planes Arrived Yesterday.
The four big planes arrived at WASH
ington-H Hoover Airport late yesterday
afternoon with the New York contin-
gent, which includes O hAlf-score Of
aviation millionaires," among them
Clement M. Keys, Graham B. Grosvenor
and ]. Cheever Cowden. Casey" Jones
and H. A. Elliott and r. s.. Wrestling Of
Eastern Air Transport, operators of the
new line. were among the party. One of
the planes was flown by Capt. Frank B.
Courtney, distinguished former British
flyer, who was forced down in mid
ocean on a transatlantic attempt.
Among those who boarded the big
airlinerS at the local field were POST
master General Brown, Casey Jones,
Capt. Thomas B. Doe, president Of
Eastern Air Transport; Mr.. Grosvenor,
chairman Of the board Of the aviation
corporation; Mr.. Cowden, r. G. Coburn,
president American Anyways; Carl
Morgan, president Sperry Gyroscope
Co.; Mr.. Elliott and Mr.. Wosting, East
ern Air Transport.
Augmented by the official party from
the National Capital, the planes took
of this morning for the South. One
plane was to stop at Richmond for q
party of official guests from that city.
A luncheon stop for all planes was
scheduled at Greensboro, N. c., includ-
ing two or three extra planes which
were to join in the aerial procession
at Richmond. Stops for other official
guests were to be made at Charlotte,
Spartansburg and Greenville, the planes
arriving in Atlanta this afternoon, Din
ner at the Piedmont Driving Club to-
night closes the days program.
Service Begins Tomorrow.
The new passenger line, which is to
be one of the major links in one of the
greatest co-ordinated aerial systems in
the world, viii begin operations tomor-
row morning when planes carrying the
official party will take of from Gambler
Field, Atlanta, at 7:45 am. After stops
at cities en- route the planes will arrive
at washington Hoover Airport at 800
pm, where the Postmaster General will
deliver q brief address. The run will
be completed at Newark Airport, the
New York terminal, at $40 pm.
Tomorrow's Inauguration, which will
give the National Capital direct air pas
senger connection with Atlanta, the
Gulf States, the Southwest and the Pa
CHIC Coast, will be followed on January
! by extension Of the line to Miami,
Fla, to connect with the great PAN
American system. Later next month
an entirely new aiIInan and passenger
service win be inaugurated along the
Southern sea coast, connecting with the
present airmail route at Richmond.
Va, and Jacksonville, Fla.
Service betWeen The National Capital
and New York n 70 be increased until
Eastern Air Transport Is operating Il
planes q day between the two cities.
The 10-passenger planes are to be used
between this city and New York, with
eight-passenger twin-engl1ted mono
planes operating on the passenger runs
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