The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-30
Amelia Plans to Do
Commercial Flying
Noted Aviatrix, Visiting In Bis
marck, Outlines Her
Hopes For Future
ON LECTURE TOUR NOW
Says Women No Longer Are
Greatest Sales Resistance
to y. S. Aviation

nous woman flyer, In Bismarck Sat-
urday night for brief stop en- route
to Portland, Ore, confessed that some
day she plans to return to commercial,
flying.
At present her time Is taken up with
lecture tours and she has no official
connection with an aviation firm. She
came here as the guest Of the North.
west Anyways, who were showing Miss
Earhart the possibilities Of an east.
west air route between Bismarck anc
the west coast and wished her to see
the proposed route in the middle OF
winter.
She was accompanied by Col. L. i.
Brittin, Minneapolis, vice president Of
the Northwest Always: Croil Hunter.
Always manager. and Mrs. Hunter:
Pilot H. B. Ruechenberg, Co-Pilot J.
e. Kimm and Mechanic n. Walstrom.
All excepting Mrs. Hunter, who
returned to Minneapolis, continued
the westward trip with Miss Ear
hart, flying to Helena, Mont, Sunday.
and continuing to Portland. Ore, Mon.
day.
Seated In the library at the home
Of Colonel G. B. Little, where she was
q guest during her stay, the bird.
woman discussed the future Of flying.
particularly as 1t affects women.
Holding 1t certain that the airplane
| IS to be the preferred mode Of travei
in the future, she PORTED to the fact
that in no other field Of transporta-
ton has development been as rapid g
! in flying. THE number Of passengers
carried by established airlines has
shown Q steady increase, In spite OF
business conditions, and will continue
to do 50.
"When commercial aviation was n
its infancy women were the greatest
sales resistance" she declared. "All
that Is changed now. More than 80
per cent of all passengers on U. 8.
airlineS today are women"
Safer Than Motoring
In discussing the possibility that
flying will be more safe than motor
ing In the near future, she expressed
the belief that within few years In
ventions would be perfected to almost
entirely eliminate the hazards.
During the winter, the greatest
difficulty in bad weather Is from ice,
of course" she admitted. but soon
this handicap will be overcome and
airplanes will be considered the Sturd-
lest Of crafts"
Since all modes Of transportation
are subject to weather delays, 1t seems
probable to her that within a few
years airplanes will be less hampered
than any other means.
Since she has no official connec-
ton with the Northwest Always. she
could make no statement about the
importance Of the proposed route west
through Helena, Mont, to Portland
and Seattle, she said.
Personally, I'm very much inter-
ested In going over the route" she de-
clared, particularly at this time OF
year, for 1t seems likely II 1t could
be flown with ease in the middle OF
winter It's commercial value would be
evident. I think there Is need for
Just such Q route in the northwest,
but before I could make any specific
statement about 1t, 1t would first be
necessary for me to study train sched-
ules and weather conditions and ia
miliarize myself with the amount, OF
traffic in mail and passengers along
the route"
Modest, fortnight and self possess
ed, and looking as II she might have
stepped from . page Of Vogue, 1t was
Q little hard to picture this soft-voic-
ed woman as the person who last year
flew the Atlantic alone.
Wore Modish Garb
Wearing q modish frock OF brown
rough crepe. topped with a brief
shoulder cape. with touches Of coral
pink at the waist and neckline. she
gave the impression Of being far more
at home ina drawing room than be-
hind the controls Of plane.
She has just bought new plane. q
Lockhead, like the one Eleanor Smith
flies. seating six passengers. to replace
the one she flew across the Atlantic.
Her transatlantic plane was sold q
few days ago to the Franklin 1nsti-
tute In Philadelphia and will be plac-
ed in the museum there, she said.
Asked what were her sensations
when flying the Atlantic, she said
that she had no time during the cross
ing for introspection. and compared
the feat with that Of person driving
for hours through heavy traffic when
MI ones powers must b concentrated
on the task Ut hand.
II did Ill my worrying about the
flight two months beforehand" she
smiled. Il went over the hazards In
volved and after classifying my
chances Of success Is about 10 to !,
! sttu felt It would BE- worth doing"
After filling her lecture date Miss
Earhart plans to return to the east
by . southern route.
Miss Earhart. who Is known social
~ Is Mrs. George Palmer Putnam,
was guest Of honor ct Q reception CIV
en- Saturday night by Governor and
Mrs. william LANCER Ut the governors
mansion.