The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-14
ATLANTIC AERIAL
ROUTE BARRIER
CLEARED AWAY
Service Due to Begin
This Fall |
By BILL CAMP

The last technical barrier to
regular transatlantic airmail and
passenger flying has been cleared
and the only thing in the way now
is for the airlines to prepare for
the starting gun.
Delegates to the formation
Transatlantic Air Conference in
Dublin, Ireland, had returned to
their desks here today and were
preparing reports on plans to be-
gin regular airline service across
the Atlantic this fall.
WEATHER SERVICE FIRST
An ocean-wide meteorological
service, to provide complete fly
ing weather forecasts over the
northern sections of the Atlantic
is to be set up Immediately.
Estimated to cost one million
dollars, this important phase of
transatlantic flying has been par
italy assured by Ireland, with
contribution of $3.50, 1000 to defray
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The other three-fourths of the
sum needed will come from Great
Britain, Canada and the United
States.
e. L. Yuravich, chief of airline
inspections of foreign airlines in
the Bureau Of Air Commerce. and
D. M. Little, of the United States
Weather Bureau, representing the
United States Government at the
conference, were making reports
today which may decide policies
with regard to Atlantic air com.
merce with Great Britain, Ireland
and Canada.
SAFEGUARDS ASSURED
Pan Ameri can Always an.
nounced today that its represent
ativeS had returned from the con.
ference assured that ocean-wide
radio guards to coordinate radio
communications, and ocean safety
guards between ships and aircraft
would be set up to air ocean trans
port filters.
Pan.American said today that
the weather system, aided by CO.
Ordinated r a die communications
from shore stations and ships at
sea, would perform the function
of airway beacons and weather
stations in land flying.
Great Britain is expected to
launch q series of survey flights
near the end of next month with
the Albatros land plane and the
novel "piggy-back" Mayo compo-
site aircraft.
Pan-America, however, must de-
lay operations in transatlantic fly
ing until Boeing Aircraft Corpora
ton delivers the new flying boats
now under construction in Seat
tie, Wash. -Four huge "Strato-
liners" have been ordered from
Boeing by Pan-American for use
in experimental shake-doWn runS
on the Atlantic.
SHIP TRAFFIC MAP
Explaining the ocean safety
guard between aircraft and ocean
liners, Pan-American said its clip
perS would be supplied with "traf-
fic maps" of the Atlantic, showing |
the position, speed and the course |
and the radio freQuencies and call
letters of every surface vessel over
the entire area. This would pro-
vide a constant contact to the
nearest ships for emergency aid
and weather reports.
pon moAIsi0on hoc acf a hIichoI |
complete weather reporting facili- |
ties over the Atlantic coast in
advance of the Governments own
plans for this facility. Within
the last two years this service has
been expanded to cover the North |
Atlantic area as far east as the
thirty-fifth parallel.
Thus, transatlantic airmail and
passenger flights near q reality, |
but neither the Government nor
Pan,American will say exactly
when actual flying is to begin.
But the step in establishing
weather reports, radio communi-
cation and ship contacts is the
biggest one thus far. The next
development will be routine mat |
ter of fixing schedules and nego |
tiationS between airlines involved.
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