Evening star., 1937-06-10
Bermuda and Back by CLIPPER
ldent Among rs Passengers Completing First
Regular Trip.
Star Correspondent:
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
4 BOARD THE BERMUDA CLIP

BOARD THE BERMUDA CLIP
" PER, in flight, Hamilton, Ber-
~ muda, to Port Washington,
a NJ Y, June "a mile above
an incredibly blue Atlantic the trail
blazing Bermuda clipper is droning
along through a world of little wooly
clouds as its four great propellers chop
away at one of the broadest remaining
barriers between the peoples Of the
Old and New Worlds.
With a crew Of eight and IS pas
sengers, the clipper is completing the
first passenger round-trip fight over
the 773 miles of ocean between New
York and Bermuda. This is the
eighth crossing for the clipper and is
the final step in the pioneering of reg
ular air transport service over the first
leg Of the transatlantic route. Within
the week. we are assured by officers
Of American Always who are
aboard, regular commercial passenger
service will be in operation. Service
across the sea is anticipated before the
end of the Summer.
Opening of the Bermuda service
marks the first great cooperative eff
fort between the United States and
Great Britain in the development of
air transportation. We took off an
hour ago from a British air base on
Darrells Island Officers and men of
British Imperial AirWays assisted in
preparations for the take-of; at the
same time personnel of the Pan-Amer-
ican Airways base at Port Washington,
on Long Island Sound. are providing
similar service for the Cavalier. one
Of the British Empire flying boats
which is alternating with the clipper
on this run.
Confusion Is Lacking
Perhaps the most astonishing fea-
ture of this great piece of air pioneer
ing is the entire lack OF confusion or
Of excitement which attends it. At
this moment our purser and steward
are setting up folding tables for lunch
con; spreading soft green linens which
harmonic with the green and brown
/ pastel shades of the four luxurious pas
| senger compartments. The passengers,
many of them with doubly keen appe-
tltes as result of plunge this morn
ing at Elbow Beach, Bermuda, recall
with satisfaction the splendid five
course luncheon served on these same
tables yesterday and look forward to
another like it today
The luncheon lived up to antici-
| pationS. Flying along serenely more
than a mile above a sea occasionally
hidden by cleaning clouds, upon
| which the airplane cast a shadow sur
| rounded by pearly halo and a tiny,
| perfect rainbow, we lunched long and
we'll. There was printed dated menu
card for each passenger. Iced honey
dew melon, with lemon, was followed
by hearts of celery, mixed olives and
| young radishes. There was eonsomme
/ Berganalse, its surface as placid as
/ though there were no such things as
! flight or vibration. Broiled filet mig
non from the pampas Of the Argentine.
with mushrooms, fresh broccoli and
Drowned potatoes, all piping hot.
Lettuce salad, with Thousand Islands
dressing, fresh from the 300 islands
of the Bermudas. Mocha cake and
coffee and, oh yes, iced tea. And. at
this point writing was interrupted mo-
mentarily as the steward came by with
assorted cakes, mints and French
chocolates. 1t is, he explains, moth
ing extra; just what We serve an all
our South American flights And,
one assumes, also on the long Pacific