Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-12


ton. It Immediately reminded me
of a great silver sea gull. The
lettering on the plane, "Pan Amer
lean World Always - the route
Of the flying clipper" was in roy
al blue which harmonized with
the graceful silver body of the
great ship. At a quarter of nine,
the four giant motors began to
throb and we were of down the
long runway for our flight over
the North Atlantic Ocean. We
rose slowly northward over New
York Harbor and then turned
sharply toward the East and head
ed out over the ocean at about
$4,000 feet. At this tremendous
height, the sun is shining con-
tinuously without any obstruction
by clouds and one can only oc-
casioally get a glimpse of the
ocean through breaks in the
clouds which float miles below.
On any ocean flights, airlines
make every check possible to as
sure the safety OF passengers. A
flight may be delayed for hou~s
until all weather conditions and
other pertinent data satisfy GER
tain giving conditions. Occasional
ly, a flight may go out over the
ocean for a hundred or more miles
and then return to the starting
field if scientific checks on con-
dltion along the route ahead do
not prove satisfactory. No known
chance is taken with the lives
of passengers. The steward call
ed special attention to a pam
phlet which explained in detail
what each passenger should do
in case it became necessary to
make an emergency landing a.
sea.
About noon, the ships crew
served a tasty roast beef dinner
with pie, ice cream and coffee
The service tray used by airline
is a marvel of convenience anC
compactness. Each tray has tiny
individual salt and pepper con
tainers also small containers 9o1
salad dressing, sugar and cream
all dishes and containers are fit
ed into the tray so that when h
tray is placed on the lap of tn
passenger, he entire meal is sprea'
out before you as artistically ar
ranged as a boukuet of flowers
Drinks are served from the ship
bar at any hour of tie day.
NV seat mate during most
the day was the young accour
tant OF the Firestone Rubber Co.
| in Liberia. We talked a great deal
about Liberia, its customs and
people. He served in the American
Army in Europe during the war.
He had married an English girl
and had brought her out to Lii
IBERIA for his three year assign
nent. He had just been to visit
his parents in New England with
his wife and she would JOIN him
! later after their second child was
born. He served as cashier for
two wears at the Firestone Con-
trolled Bank of Monrovia.
After supper, the passengers
| chatted for an hour or two and
then began to drop off to sleep
Tt became bitterly cold and the
crew gave out extra blankets
The overseas planes have a sys
tenn of removing the inner arm
rest between the two seats and
snclining the seat so tina it be
becomes a fairly comfortable tenn
porary bed.
Night had come shortly after
3 o'clock New York time. One
could realize in a practical way
what it means to travel swiftly
around the earth in an eastward
direction, which if continued would
gain an entire day after going
completely around the earth to
New York again. This explaines
the phenomenon Of the MOVING
ahead of time if travelling east
ward around the earth or the
moving back of the time if ira
yelling westward. Places eastward
have faster time: places west
ward have slower time. Thus for
every Is degrees of the longitude
! covered due eastward or due west
the Bill Of Rights, we cannot
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