Evening star., 1939-10-15

by bonds Of swift and frequent trans
portation, Of mutually prospering trade
and industry, and to assure American
commerce Of . place second to none on
the key ocean trade routes.
Establishment Of 4s-hour schedules
between the United States and Buenos
Aires, southernmost point on the all
American air transport system, will
mean that every trade center in the
Western Hemisphere will be as close to
this country In travel time as are points
along our Maine-F1orida seaboard by
railroad today. Pan-American plans to
have not only t48-hour service but daily
schedules In operation over its system
by the end Of the five-year program.
Steps In the Program
The following steps In carrying out
the program have been announced:
Il. Coordinate re-allocate and add to
Americas international air fleet.
=. Consolidate equipment by areas
and provide increased carrying capacity
on the through trunk routes to the
southern continent and over the oceans.
g. Cut flying time by at least one
third on the through trunk routes to
the terminal of our South American
system at Buenos Aires.
u. Increase frequencies as quickly as
equipment can be delivered and c. A. A.
approval secured"
Use Of the new 21-passenger DC-3's
In place Of the present smaller DC-2
and S-43 types will add one-third to
present capacity over many sections;
a third frequency on both coasts, with
the new equipment, will practically dou-
bic present passenger and mail capacity.
The DC-3s which have been ordered
will augment the present feet on the
route from Brownsville, Tex, by way
of Mexico and Central America to the
Canar Zone and then eastward across
Colombia and Venezuela to Trinidad
and on sections of the route down the
east coast of South America.
The bik Clipper flying boats will be
used altogether on the trans-ocean
routes, relieving much smaller Sikorskies
now used on the Atlantic between New
York and Bermuda and the larger Mar
tin clippers on the Pacific. The Sikor-
skies and Martins will be added to the
Caribbean fleet, manning all eight weekly
schedules between North and South
America and providing sufacient re-
serve SO that when the Civil Aeronautics
Authority and the Post Once Depart
ment set up the proposed third sched-
ule on the East Coast Of South Amer
lea and similar third schedule for Pan
Americana Grace Anyways on the West
Coast, these important new services can
be started at once.
To Free Planes for Feeder Lines.
Installation of 21-passenger DC-3s
on the Texas-Canal Zone route and the
route across Northern South America
will release 14-passenger DC-2's and Is
passenger S-43's which will be trans
ferred Immediately to subsidiary COM
panies in Brazil and Mexico for use on
feeder-line connections to main trunk
routes. In Brazil some new high-pow-
cred Lockheed Electras will be released
and will be flown to Alaska for use on
routes there, in turn releasing less suit
able Alaskan ships, which viii be trans
ferred to Cuba for service.
The second major step after distribu-
ton of the new equipment will be the
section-by section institution of night
flying over all main trunk routes. This
will lead the way to the final goal
day and night schedules in 48 hours
elapsed time between this country and
Buenos Aires, 5000 miles away
An important development of the near
future is expected to 6e the estab-
lishmept of the long planned connect
ing service between the United States
and Alaska over the already surveyed
outside" route from Seattle to Fair
banks.
Two Of the three BoeinG substrato-
sphere airliners now about d be deliv-
cred are to 60 into service on new
international trunk air line from Loa
Angeles 70 Aexico CITY.