The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-05-11
PAN AMERICAN
PLANS lH0pS
OVER ATLANTIC
Two Flights to France, Two
10 England Is Proposed
Weekly Schedule

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE
full plans for the projected air SER
vice across the Atlantic have been
revealed in hearings on the petition
of Pan American Always Company
to the Civil Aeronautics Authority
for a certificate of public conven-
fence for such flights
Pan American Always plans four
flights week, two over a southern
route with the eastern terminal at
Marseille and two over O northern
route with England as the terminal
point.
On the southern route, upon
which flying boats Of the type Of
the Yankee Clipper will be used,
the start will be made from New
York when the weather permits
and from Baltimore at other times.
Hats win be made at Horta in the
Azores, Lisbon and Marseille.
On the northern course, passen-
ger planes will halt at Shediac, NJ
B.; Botwood, Mild; Foynes, Ireland,
and Southampton. England.
Land Plane to Carry Mail
A flying boat and a land plane,
the latter a modified flying for
tress" equipped for substratosphere
flying, will alternate on the north
ern route, according to plans, the
land plane carrying only mail and
express. The land plane will follow
the New Brunswick Newfoundland
Ireland course during the entire
year On the northern run, but dur
ing siy months OF the year the pas
senger-calTying flying boat for Eng
land will fly to the Azores and Lis
bon and thence to Southampton.
For the land plane Croydon, instead
of southampton, will be the eastern
terminus.
New York will be the chief west-
ern terminal of the line Baltimore
being employed as substitute only
during those periods d the year
when ice might endanger the flying
boats in New York, or weather con-
ditions make operations at New
York impossible
Pan American Always disclosed
during the hearings that il intended
TO use New 9urk's Municipal Air
port at North Beach as its terminal.
but no lease has been executed yet.
The company has obtained a lease
from the city OF Baltimore for use
OF its municipal airport, located at
Dundalk, By the terms Of which
P. A. A. agrees to make at least
sixteen round trips in 1899 and 1870
and at least twenty q year there
after.
AirporLs Built at lisbon, Horta
Pan American has an exclusive
contract for American plane SER
vice with the Portuguese Government
for fifteen years, the testimony
showed The company has built it's
own airports at Lisbon and at Horta
III the Azores.
At Marseilles it has acquired the
right to Use the airport facilities of
Air France and. at Southampton
and Croydon those of British Imper-
ial Always.
Through governmental agree
ments concluded by the United
States. the United Kingdom. Ire
land and Canada, pan American
Always, as the designated Ameri-
can company. has acquired from
Canada the right TO use the Shediac
airport for twelve years; from Great
Britain the right to use that at,
Botwood for the same period, and
from Ireland the right to use Irish
facilities.
Pan American already has obtain
ed two of the three flying boats
which it will use in the transatlantic
service, and the third will be de-
livered within two or three weeks.
Some delay in starting service is
foreSeen.