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proposes to begin with transport of
mail and later of persons and
property on two circulating routes
covering hitherto none too accessi-
BILE places in Texas, New Mexico
and Arizona.
The proposed air ambulance serv-
ice, no doubt, had its inspiration
from the remarkable operations in
evacuation of wounded by the air
transport command of the army and
navy and the airlines under con-
tract with them. Two applications
for this service now on file with
the C.A.A. are by long-established
undertaking firms, who plan to use
the airplanes either as missions Of
mercy or for burial. One of them
is Shannon's of Fort Worth, Texas,
who proposes to operate helicopter
ambulance or hearse from their city
to or from any points within 900
miles; from within that radius to
any place in continental U. S. or
from anywhere in the country to
within that circle. An exactly SINH
lar application is on file from w. c.
Croy of Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Julian Bondurant's Armored Mo-
tor service of Memphis would en-
large his operation by use of air.
planes throughout the south and
southwest ION call and demand"
The fabulous supply of our motor
lied forces with fuel by airplane in
the dash across France and else
where, probably influenced H. I.
Moul, president of Coastal Tank
Lines, Inc, of York, Pa, to file an
application to supplement his fleet
of ITS trucks with flying tankers. His
ships would carry $500 gallons of
any kind of bulk liquid commodity
in compartmentized tanks through
out the United States and to Alas
ka, Canada and Mexico.
Autos by Air.
Delivery of jeeps and trucks by
airplane to the battle lines unques-
tionably gave T. P. Geddes of the
Automobile Air Freight corporation
of Detroit, the inspiration for SINH
lar operations in peacetime. Before
the war his firm was reputed to be
the largest deliverers of new auto
mobiles in the world, by steamship
on the Great Lakes and by the we'll
known super-trucks. Their lake YES
sells the year before the war trans
ported 100000 cars. Now their con-
Germ proposes to do rush orders on
the same job with huge cargo planes
and glider trailers. They seek a GER
tificate to transport automobiles
from the middlewest to anywhere in
the United States and to bring back
general cargo to that area.
Department store deliveries with
the helicopter as the favored vehicle
is proposed in dozens of applications
on file. Perhaps the best known
firms include the Hecht Company,
Inc, of Washington, D. c., and the
William Filene Sons company of
Boston. Both would cover the met
ropolitan area surrounding their
cities and would also seek to serve
their customers in smaller cities at
greater distances.
E. J. McKeown, president of the
Producers Air Lines of Toledo, would
use cargo planes, gliders and hell
copters in the transportation of per-
ishable foods, flowers, drugs, medi-
cines and medicine ingredients. A
proposed plan of similar type is that
of the Fish Airlines corporation,
headed by Charles ]. MCGOWAN of
New Bedford, Mass, which would
emphasize rushing sea foods from
Massachusetts and Rhode Island to
fishless regions of the country.
Plane builders have demonstrated
that there may be plane built for
every purpose, that has been their
record in wartime. And with plenty
of skilled operators available, also
as result of the war, it remains to
be seen whether or not the Ameri-
can public is really ready to try
its wings when peace comes.
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