Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
AVIATION
BY JOSEPH S. ED0ERToN.

er system" basis. Officials of the
line, It is understood, also are con-
sidering putting on night service
between this city and New York,
flying, possibly, after theater
hours. The last planes on the
daily schedule now complete their
runs after dark, and the airports
and entire route are lighted for
night operations.
The line now has eight tri-
motored Stinson cabin mono-
planes in service. Delivery Of a
ninth plane is expected this week,
with three more to come soon.
In addition, a single engined
Stinson Junior four-place cabin
monoplane has been purchased
for the use of officials Of the line
and for emergency business.
Big Month Ends.
Figures for the first 80 days Of
operation show that the line car
ried total Of 5,022 passengers, OF
whom 140 were guests OF the COM
pany during the inaugural period.
The remaining 1882 passengers
paid fares and Travelled on regu-
lar schedule. Of 600 scheduled
flights, only eight were Cancelled
and seven were uncompleted be-
cause Of weather.
Eastern Air Transport put into
effect during the week change
of schedule which represents
speeding up Of service due to
faster planes, and a change Of de-
parture time at both ends OF the
line. Under the new schedule the
southbound plane leaves North
Beach Airport, New York, at 8
am; Newark Airport at 9:15 am;
Central Airport, Philadelphia, 10
am; Logan Field, Baltimore,
1850 am, and Washington Hoo
yer Airport at 1918 am, arriving
at Byrd Field, Richmond, at 1871
pm. This is as minutes less than
the former schedule.
Flying north, the plane leaves
Richmond at 2 pm, Washington
at 2:55, Baltimore at 1920, Phila-
de1phia ct 4:10 and Newark at
ASS, arriving at the North Beach
terminal at 5 pm. Connection be-
tween the North Beach Airport
and the East Forty-second Street
Pier, New York, Is made by fast
boat in q half hour.
Another Schedule Changed.
Pennsylvania Airlines transfer
red its local terminal from the
Hoover Field side of Military road
to the washington Airport side
during the week as q result of the
operation combination of the two
fields, and also announced Q
change OF schedule under which
the transfer Of passengers from
plane to plane at Pittsburgh is
eliminated and the same pilots
and planes go straight through
between the National Capital and
Cleveland.
The outbound plane leaves
Washington Hoover Airport at
1920 pm, instead Of noon daily,
arriving at Pittsburgh at 2:20
pm. and Cleveland at 4 pm, after
a Commute layover at Pittsburgh.
At .Cleveland the planes of the
Pennsylvania line connect with
the new National Air Transport
passenger line. The N. A. T. plane
for Chicago leaves Cleveland at
4:35 pm, arriving at Toledo at
5.46 and Chicago at z pm, Cen
trail time. The Detroit plane
leaves Cleveland at $40 pm, ar
irving at Detroit at $50 pm.
Despite the enormous increase
in air transport operations at
Washington Hoover Airport due
to the opening OF the new
lines, the number Of visiting
planes handled also has increased
during the past month, as indi-
Gated by the sales of gasoline to
visitors, and other items. During
September a total of 6,691 gallons
were pumped into the tanks Of
visiting planes, as against 5,127
for the month Of August. This
did not include any of the planes
of the transport lines except those
of Pennsylvania Airlines, which
were fueled at the field pumps.
Revenues Climb.
The revenues from the storage
of visiting planes were greater by
$3.50 during September than In
August, while the sale of parts in
creased in value by 500 and the
charges for labor increased from
$3.50 in August to $227 last month,
all of which shows that visiting
pilots are flying to the National
Capital in greater numbers, are
visiting longer and spending more
while here.
The number of passengers flown
on sightseeing flights over the
city, however, showed a decrease,
owing to colder weather and to
the fact that many potential pas
sengers were doing their flying
over the transport lines rather
than combining their flying to hops
over the National Capital. There
were approximately 1900 passen-
gers flown during September
from the two fields up to Septen-
Der IS, when the operating agree.
ment between the two field man
agements was signed, and from
the combined Washington Hoover
Airport after that date.