Evening star., 1936-08-02

by the Pan American Union Of a
decade of commercial aviation in the
Americas.
The review shows that remarkable
progress is being made with each
passing month and year in the amount
of traffic carried by aviation lines in
the Americas"
AN important though not so OBJ
vious phase Of the movement" 1t is
stated by officials Of the union, "has
been the very definite closer linking
of all the countries in more than a
physical sense. This applies to in
dividual nations as well as to the
group Of republics as a whole.
With greater ease of communica-
ton between distant areas come closer
economic and cultural ties, comes a
better understanding and knowledge
of other countries, other sections
within the same country. With such
closer ties develops the need and desire
for further expansion of communica-
ton services. Thus each phase Of the
movement reacts benefcially upon
the other"
The new high speed services In.
augurated by Pan-American Airways,
eral progress constantly being made
in lnter-American aviation.
In view of the remarkable advance
made during the first decade Of
international aviation in the Amer
icas.' it was stated in the review, "he
is a courageous person who would
attempt to predict what the second
decade may bring. In any event, the
progress registered up to this point
augurs well for a development Of air
transportation which will play an
important part In linking closer to-
gether the republics Of the new
world"
The review, which includes COM
plete history of aviation development
In the Americas and statistics of pres
ent operations, was prepared by H.
Gerald Smith, chief of the section of
financial information Of the Pan.
American Union.
TWO New York aviation editors.
Lauren D. Lyman of the New
York Times, recent Pulitzer prize
winner, and C. B. Allen, New York
Herald Tribune, have collaborated in
the writing of an aviation book which
is a combination of history, story,
encyclopedia and glossary. The vol.
ume, THE Wonder Book of the Air"
has Just been published by the John
C. Winston Co., Philadelphia, and
contains an introduction by the
famous pilot, Bernt Belchen.
The book is full Of flrst-hand de-
scriptions of actual flights over the
major airlines of the country, the
stories of famous flights Of aviation
history, an outline review of aviation
from the earliest days, and descrip-
tions of the mechanics of flying.
| There are ia illustrations. 1t IS
perhaps the most complete and cer-
tainly the most up-to-date book on
aviation for the layman yet to appear.
A TRIAL series of 16 all-expense,
all-inclusive air cruises to Rio
de Janeiro, designed to fit into the
average two or three weeks holiday,
has been arranged by Pan-American
Airways Covering five times the ter
ritory which could be visited by other
means of transportation. the cruise
! Ir1r;1 - f6ncn Ef-if1
limited time at their disposal. Cruise
tickets will cover hotels, meals. es-
corted tours and other entertainment
features. as well as transportation at
little more than regular one-way
fares, it was announced.
AS a result of Inauguration Of the
new 'high-ball" schedules through
the West Indies and down the Attain
tic coast of South America, the an.
cruise from Miami to Rio, requiring
IL days by steamer, may be made in
Just over four days by air, including
overnight stops.
The cruises will be made In big
four-engined ocean type clippers. sis
terS of the famous plane which pio-
neered the trans-Pacific service.
Each Of these ships carries 80 pas
sengers, in addition to the fight crew
Of four flying officers, purser and
steward
The first cruise will leave Miami
August 16 and thereafter, for IS
weeks. cruise ships will leave Miami
each Sunday. The two weeks cruise,
to Rio, will permit one-day stop
over at Trinidad and three days at
Rio. The three-week cruise will in
clude one-day stop at Trinidad, 10
days at Rio and an additional trip
to Montevideo, Uruguay, and Buenos
Aires.