Evening star., 1935-04-29

The successful flight from Califor-
mia to the Hawaiian Islands by the
PAN American clipper plane Pioneer
Is viewed by the press as the initial
step in development OF commercial
air routes to other continents. 1t Is
also observed that the conquest OF the
air has passed beyond the period OF
courageous stunts to the development
of carefully planned air navigation.
Performance on a definite schedule is
recognized as an achievement.
THE excellence of the record, ac-
cording to the New York Sun, Is
demonstrated by the fact that the
commercial airplane beat the Nays
time to Hawaii by seven hours. One
successful trip does not make o COM
mercial airline, but the American
clippers maiden voyage demonstrates
the possibilities of the route and
argues that there will be regular air
transportation over the Pacific before
airplanes fly across the Atlantic on
regular schedule. Wherever the reg
ular schedule first appears as an IN
Atitution, the American clipper and
its crew may be said to have done
notable pioneer work.
Assurance Of commercial use OF this
route as the first step Of an airline
To China Is voiced by the Boston
transcript, the Grand Rapids (MichD
Press, the Nashville (Tenn) Banner,
the Lincoln (Nebr.) State Journal and
the Birmingham tAla.) Age-Herald.
II, he nd Of
Rockford ull) Morning Star. is
the most spectacular international
event in the Pacific since Commodore
Perry sailed into the Bay Of Yedo
with President Fillmore's letter to
the Emperor of Japan and laid the
groundwork for the first treaty linking
the island empire with the west
Continually we reach westward. across
mountains, plains. higher mountains,
the sea. And there is nothing that
can stay our march, because 1t is in
elusive Of all We call civilization, me-
chan.cs, trade and essential good will"
THE thrill in the clippers initial
commercial flight to Hawaii lies IN
the lack of thrill" says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, and that newspaper
adds: In place of great daring and
good luck, success depended upon ex-
perience, organization, research, PLAN
ming, financing and training. 1t was
done by pilots who have no desire to
lose their lives and by business men
who have no desire to lose their
money. We all knew that men could
fly the Pacific. for it has been done.
What the clipper sought to do was to
show that it can be flown with the
same certainty and in about the same
time as q train goes from New York
to Chicago"
Probably nothing in the recent
history of ocean air travel" thinks
the Cleveland News, has done 80
much to speed the day when flying
citadels will span the seas. as this
uneyentful trip over 2,400 miles OF
water" The Kansas City Times calls
it - triumph Of aeronautical engi-
neering."
"The gross weight of the clipper as
it went aloft with tremendous load,
states the Pasadena (Calif) Star
News, "was $4,000 pounds, or 81 tons.
Some conception Of the weight Of this
gigantic plane, which hurtles itself
through the air at considerably more
than 100 miles an hour, may be had
by recalling that the entire three-car
Streamline Union Pacific train which
was on exhibition last year weighs
only about four times as much as this
loaded plane"
"The Hawaiian Islands have been
moved out of their isolation and avia-
ton has come of age" says the Canton
(Ohio) Repository. while the South
Bend und.) News-Times remarks
that I'VE are getting . return to the