Evening star., 1933-10-15

In American aviation.
Although American Always I
plans for their invasion of the
months, their deliberations were
of their intentions reached the
inaugurated.
As the inauguration was unh
SengerS, chiefly officials OF the Ir
comfortable by Chief SteWardeSs
system. Pilot Harry MuSick "pour'
Ford was off to blaze a new air tr
For the present, one round trip a day
will be made, planes leaving Wasnlng-
ton at 1890 pm. westbound ana Cnl-
cago at 8:30 am, Central time, east
bound Scheduled time for the run Is
hours and "a minutes.
1ile route covers some OF the most
beautiful country in Virginia and west
Virginia. Heading southwesterly from
Washington Airport he American Air
ways planes reach the Blue Ridge near
Front Royal cross the central portion
of the Shenandoah Valley and CLIMB
over the Alleghenies near majestic
Spruce Knob king of the range IN that
area.
American Airways has assigned six
OF its most experienced pilots and CO.
pilots to the new run. The pilots are
T. E. Halpin, Harry Musick and Joe
Waldron and the co-pilots Lee Mcbride,
H. w. Sussott and Charles Dolson.
Stewardesses Huckaby, Heffron and
Readle will act as hostesseS to the pas
sengers. After three days Of trial runs,
~egllar passenger service is scheduled TO
begin tU.norroW.
The new American Airways line Is
not expected to offer great deal OF
direct competition to the existing
Pennsylvania Airlines Service from
Washington to Pittsburgh and Cleve-
land at present. If additional schedules
are added to the new line, however, 1t
undoubtedly will have some effect on
the passenger traffic between Washing
ton and Chicago which now flows over
the Pennsylvania route.
New E. A. T. Service Begins.
While American Anyways was invad-
ing the local territory, Eastern Air
Transport, second of the Capitals Big
Four services, completed its arrange
ments for the opening today OF Its
long anticipated permanent through
service between New York and Miami,
with stops at Washington each way.
The new schedule will provide IL
hour service between the two terminals
and will supplant the schedule which
calls for an overnight stop at Jackson
vile, Fla, or a transfer from air to
rail at that point
In the past a seasonal through serv-
ice has been flown during the height
ot+she Florida Winter season. The new
service is to be operated throughout the
year. In addition to providing uninter-
rupted service between Miami and
Northern cities the new schedule will
give more direct connections with the
Midwest and Central and South Amer
ican points.
Direct connection will be made at
Newark Airport with the Boston plane
of American Airways, permitting pas
senger to travel virtually the entire
length of the Atlantic Coast Of the
United States in day. Leaving
Newark at $40 am, the southbound
plane will arrive in Miami. 1.21O miles
away, just II hours later, at $40 pm.
It is scheduled to leave Washington at
1880 am. On the northbound run even
better time is scheduled. Leaving Miami
at 7:15 am the plane is due in Wash
;ngton at pm. and Newark at $50
pm.
The new night service of Eastern Air
is proving exceedingly popular, and
the planes have been filled to capacity
and passengers turned away or Vlr-
tually every trip The two experimental
berths, installed on one of the night
ships have been occupied every night
since the service began, and the de.
nland for them has been so great that
additional berths probably will be in
stalled in the near future. These are
the first full berths installed in reg
ular passenger air liner.
The berths are large enough for
husky six-footer, being feet inches
long and feet inches wide. The
frames are of light steel tubing, and
inner spring mattresses are used. so
soundly do most of the passengers sleep
that even landings and take-offs do not
awaken them. the first weeks opera
ton of the flying sleeper" has demon
strated. There are individual draw
curtains, ventilators, reading lights.
hostess call buttons. clothes hangers
and clothing nets for each berth.
Wage Scale in Process.
Progress is being made on the draft
ing of the new pay scale and labor cooe
for airline transport pilots. The new
Fact-Finding Committee appointed by
Senator Robert F. Wagner. chairman OF
the National Labor Board is hard at
work attempting to reconcile the wlde
differences between the proposals which
we're submitted to the board by officials
Of the five major air lines and represent
atives of the pilots.
Senator Wagner's fact-fnding group
is headed by Judge Bernard Sh1entag
Of the New York State Supreme Court
and has as its other member Lester D.
"Bing" Seymour. president OF Amer
ican Airwavs and head of the Aeronau-
tical Chamber of Commerce, represent
ing the operators. and David l.:
Behncke. veteran transport pilot and
president of the National Air Line
Pilots Association. affiliate of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. representing
the pilots.
Only by creation of the committee
was a threatened strike of the trans
port pilots aveTted When tho work
of drafting the new coc,e is comp,eted
operators and pilots viii be co''ed into
conference with the National Labor
Board to present their views on the
new proposals prior to their promul-
cation by the board Senator Wagner
has given the committee three weeks
in which to complete its work.
New Planes Aid Byrd.
The aviation plans made by Rear
Admiral Richard E. Byrd for the Ant
arctic expedition now getting under
way are the most elaborate he has
made for any of his several notable
--tf1ps of exploration.
Although aviation played the major
role in his previous trips to the North
and South Poles, it Is destined to play
an even more important part In his
latest trip Of discovery and exploration
In the Antarctic.
Byrd's aviation equipment for his new
expedition is unique in several respects.
He is taking the largest American land
plane, which he can convert either into
a seaplane by the substitution Of two
34-foot pontoons for the wheels, making
it the worlds largest seaplane, or into
q ski-plane by the substitution of skis
for the wheels. Byrd also is taking an
autopiro: first of the windmill planes