Evening star., 1936-03-15
>ONOMIES VERSUS SAFETY =: AVIATION NEWS
outes where lighter peak periods are

routes where lighter peak periods are
the rule.
United pilots have been conducting
tests Of the first of the Douglas trans
ports at Santa Monica and the airline
expects delivery of the first of its ships
In July.
American Airlines probably. will put
the big ships into service 81 the New
York-Los Angeles r@zs through
Washington late In the Spring.
Whether the new transport, the larg-
est land plane ever built in the United
States, will be routed into Washing
ton will depend on tests of its ability
to land and take-of safely at WASH
ington Airport, regarded as danger
ously small unless usable runways can
be extended across Military road.
In connection with its Inauguration
of service with the big Douglas trans
ports, American Airlines will select
IS more girls for positions as steward
eSses. it has been announced here by
j. K. Lyles, local sales manager for
the line. All candidates must be regis
tered nurses, less than 27 years old,
less than S feet 4 inches in height
and not more than 118 pounds in
weight. They must have high stand
ards Of personality, neatness, physical
appearance, education and the ability
to handle all kinds of people under
all circumstances.
Air travel between Washington and
the West. over the Pittsburgh-Cleve-
land-Detroit route is continuing the
rapid growth which began last year
and has led to a steady procession
of new monthly records.
Pennsylvania Airlines has passed
the $4,000 mark in number of pas
sengers carried and, at the present
rate, is expected to carry passenger
number 100000 before the ninth ami
versary of the lines Inauguration
April 26.
I'm March of last year." C. Bedell
Monro, president of the line, said, I'VE
we're fortunate in being blessed with
lots Of sunshine and cheerful weather,
which naturally stimulated air travel.
AS result, our March, 1885, pas
senger total increased by 525 per cent
over the previous March. Should the
same thing occur this year, we will
book passage for our one hundred
thousandJh passenger before our ninth
anniversary"
Early last month Pennsylvania
completed 4,500.000 miles of flying.
Central Airlines, also operating be-
tween Washington and Detroit, showed
20 per cent increase in traffic for
February, as compared with the pre-
ceding month. The passenger total
last month was more than 800 per
cent above that for the same month
last year. Effective March /, Central
placed a fourth round-trip schedule
into operation between Washington
and Detroit to care for the increased
traffic.
Spring schedules providing for three
flights daily from Washington to the
Pacific Coast over the mid-continent
airway have been put into effect
jointly by Pennsylvania Airlines, Cen
trail Airlines and United Airlines.
An overnight plane now leaves
Washington at 4.35 pm, reaching
Pacific Coast points in time for bust
ness the next morning. A second
leaves here after breakfast. arriving in
California shortly after midnight. The
third leaves at 11:10 pm, connecting
with planes arriving in San Diego.
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland
or Seattle the following afternoon.
Less than 10 per cent Of airline
accidents during the last half Of 1885
resulted in fatalities and of the 274
persons involved in such accidents.
226 escaped without injury Of any
kind. % with minor injuries and only
with severe injuries. Nineteen were
killed.
A semi-annual Bureau of Air Com
rerce report shows that scheduled
airlines of the United States few l.
054,882 miles per accident and H.
973,69S passenger miles per fatality
during the last half of last year. The
miles flown per accident were more
than for any previous six months in
| history,