Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
'StratocIippers' Start
Miami-Rio de Janeiro
Service Sunday
Mileage Will Give U. S.
Leadership Over European
Lines in South America
By JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.

miles and two full days the travel
time between the United States and
Southern South America, Pan
American Anyways on Sunday will
inaugurate "stratoclipper" land
plane service between Miami and
Rio de Janeiro.
The new service, regarded as of
the greatest importance in further
ing the development of hemisphere
unity against foreign aggression, will
reduce air mileage between the
United States and trade centers of
Brazil and Argentina to the equiv
alent of that between those cities
and European trade centers.
Operations over the Brazilian
cutoff were given temporary ap-
proval yesterday by the Civil Aero
nautics Board, in an exemption Or
der, it was announced today. Final
approval must await formal hearing
of the company's application by the
board.
The board, in its ordre, stated
that the new service sis in accord
with the good neighbor' policy
enunciated by this Government and
will contribute to the program of
hemisphere solidarity agreed to by
all of the American republics"
The Brazilian government ap-
proved operation over the cutoff
last Tuesday.
The new schedules and frequencieS
will double passenger and cargo ca
pacity between the United States
and Latin American capitals and
will, for the first time in six years
of keenly competitive operation, give
the United States more route mile
age in operation on the South
American continent than all Euro
n-subsidized airlines combined.
cover Weather" Flying.
Using the same technique devel-
oped in long-range transatlantic
and trans-Pacific Clipper services,
. adapted to the new four-engined,
45,OO0-pound stratoclippers devel-
oped for lover weather" flying, Pan
American will operate between
Miami and Rio de Janeiro in %
hours of daylight flying, cutting
elapsed time from five to three
days. Fast express schedules from
Rio will bring Buenos Aires within
three and one-half days of Miami.
At the same time, other Strato-
clippers, which went into service
JULY 4 between Miami and Bar
ranquilla, Colombia, will inaugurate
nonstop service three times week
across the Caribbean between
Miami and the Panama Canal Zone,
to connect there with Pan Amer
ican-Grace Always schedules down
the South American west coast.
The combination of east and
west coast schedules will provide
service six times week into Buenos
Aires.
, From Miami, on the new east
coast route, the, stratocllpperS
which use superchargers to main
tain air density in Theoretically
sealed passenger cabins at attitudes
of 3 miles and more, will follow a
Great Circle course to the first stop
at San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1,l50
miles, where a fueling stop will be
made. The trip to Port of Spain,
Trinidad, 1000 miles from Miami,
will be completed in IL hours.
Shortest Sector of Route.
The second days fight, 1880
miles nonstop over the three
Cuianas to Belem do Para, Brazil,
at the mouth of the Amazon River,
is the shortest sector on the new
route. The stratoclippers will cover
this leg in hours 20 minutes.
The new cutoff route, to be flown
the third day, will cross the eastern
hump" of South America on a
direct line between Belem and Rio
de Janeiro, cutting 1000 miles on
the present route around the coast.
There will be one intermediate stop,
at Barreiras, $50 miles inland. The
stratoclippers will cover the l,60o
miles in nine hours.
The route covered by the new
stratoclippers across Brazil, thought
a few years ago to be covered with
impenetrable jungle, was found by
Pan American route pioneers to
, be, in fact, composed for a large
part of open, fiat savannah coun-
try, ideal for flying and possible OF
great agricultural development.
Following the initial surveys, the
Brazilian government has done a
considerable amount of aerial work
in the area and the Brazilian Army
air service has laid out and de-
veloped airports.
Hump Provides Short Cut.
The South American hump" ex-
tending nearly $500 miles east OF
New York, provides European air
transport companies with short
1.6O0-mile route across the South
Atlantic to key trade centers on the
South American east coast.
BY flying nonstop from Miami
to the Canal Zone the stratoclip-
pers will cut more than 500 miles
off the old route by way of Barran-
uuilla. Instead of stopping over
night in Cristobal, Canal Zone, as at
present, passengers, mail and express
from Miami will continue on, that
same day, to Cali, Colombia, COW
ering Ito miles from Miami to the
southern border of Colombia in II
hours of flying time.
The second day, on the west coast
route, will bring passengers and
mail to Lima, Peru, two days from
the United States. Here the route
will split, with alternate schedules
calling for overnight stops at San
tiago, Chile, and, on the diagonal
route by way of La Paz, Bolivia, at
Salta. The two routes will join at
Cordoba, Argentina, to continue to
Buenos Aires, with arrival just after
noon on the fourth day.
Salvador Diplomat Dies
MADRID, Aug. 81 R.-Pedro