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EDITORIAL
AIRMAIL NIGHT FLYING
AND ALASKA NEEDS
While Alaska fights for exten
sion of her airmail service to the
Stales and for better Star-route
services in the Interior, and strug
gles for better, and larger and
properly lighted and serviced
fields for this most air-minded
part of America, it is interesting
to note the elaborate services!
contemplated in continental Am
erica. The Juneau Empire points;
the possibilities in the following
editorial:
Further extension of the speed
and convenience of airmail ser
vice for communities not on
main airways networks is promis
ed by the success of experiments
last week in the night pick-up
and delivery of mail sacks in
flight by All American aviation.!
With officials of the Postoffice
Department and of the Civil
Aeronautics Authority in attend
ance, Holger Hturris, transatlan
tic flier, now one of the regular
pilots of this interesting air ser
vice, swooped down successfully
three times to drop his mail
bags and pick up another sus
pended between the tops of two
neon-lighted 40-foot masts at
Bellanca Field, New Castle, Del.
Under normal conditions, it is
held, the masts and other lights
giving the flying range on either
side of them can be seen from
the air for a distance of six
miles, which is farther than the
piok-up station can be seen by
daylight. Night operation will
go into effect this month on the
company’s route between Phila- ,
delphia and Pittsburgh, at Grovej
City. Butler and Natrona, Pa.
The inclusion of night flying1
will tie in still more closely to
the trunk-line air-mail system,
the communities now served by
the pick-up planes, at many of;
which there are no landing fields.:
The planes are flying daily 1,540.
miles throughout the East and;
serve localities which vary ini
p mulation from "99 to 105,000. j
]’ '.ween some of these the dis-!
tance ;s as little as five miles, j
S' -dules. now maintained at an
average speed of 110 miles an:
hear, cou’d not be practicable of'
course, it landing and take-offs J
had to be made at contact points <
w ch are from five to 22 min-1
utes apart. Where there are no
airnorts pick-up station are locat
e 1 on farms, hilltops and in pub-;
lie parks. The plan offers another
useful field for civil aviation.
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WAR INCREASES AIR
TRAVEL BETWEEN AMERICAS
The war in Europe has resulted
in greatly increased air travel j
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MARS NEW FAC E—War threatens the earth in insignia
< i scouting squad/on 72, attached to new aircraft carrier Wasp.
between Latin American coun
tries and the United States. “The
traffic is increasing so that our
| airliners can hardly hold them,”
.sail Captain Harold R. Harris,
(vice president of Pan American-!
| Grace Airways, following an in
spection tour of the airline’s
6,000-mile route from Cristobal
to Buenos Aires. During the past
month the line has carried 100% j
more passengers than during the
same period last year. Also, <
South American importers, cut
off from European sources of sup
ply, are placing rush orders for
American goods to be delivered
; by air express. Latin American
exporters are rushing their sam j
pies by air express to the Unit
ed States searching for markets
which will substitute for those
cut off from Europe. Air mail
between the Americas has also
reached an unprecedented vol
ume. In addition, a large move
ment of American tourists to
South American countries has al
ready started, due to the fact
that they are now unable to vis
it Europe. This traffic will un
doubtedly soon grow to large pro
portions, said are airways exec
utive.
The Pan American Airways
System is considering plans to
extend a third weekly service
down both coasts of South Am- j
erica to supplement the two
weekly services now operating.
Several additional airliners have)
been purchased for this purpose,!
to be delivered early next year.
JAPAN AWAITS SOVIET
REPLY nSHERY PACT
TOKYO, Dec. I —Japan re-!
quested Russia to reply to over j
tures for conclusion of a new fish'
eries pact which is regarded as;
vital for improvement of Russian
Japanese relations.
The request was made by For
sign Minister Admiral Nomura
in an interview with Constantine
Smetanin, Russian ambassador.
The present fisheries pact ex-j
pires at the end of the year and i
governs Japanese fishing in Rus- j
an territorial waters.
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only for baking, which explains why these two boys are learning
to become bakers, at New Yorks Food Trades \ ocational school.
The school equips lads for future employment. ' , |
^J" SPRUCED UP —CCC men stand at attention at Gar
rett Park. Md., showing off new’ spruce green uniforms for CCC.
'' . F ^ 1 ^ ^ P A ft While some areas of United States
, .,“‘n to sa'e pIar“s fi:,m further drought damage, New Zea
rif *fl‘rc taan enough for her needs, the Hooded Manawatu
n, haring swept over farm lauds (above, near Shannon
"Guardia; checking on low levels of reservoirs feeding
Manhattan, recently urged New Yorkers not to v.aste any water!
LAST-M I NUTE C H E C K U P_Intent on the days Job
of patrolling U. S. defenses in the Caribbean sea area are Lt. Com
mander Stephen 15. Corke (center), commanding officer of Patrol
Squadron 51, stationed near San Juan. Puerto Rico, Lt. Com
m. •nder William J. Mullin (left), and Squadron Leader Lt. George
J. Meade. These men direct flights of navy's huge PBY flying boats.
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340 HORSEPOWER TO PULL
RIVETS THROUGH AIR
Amazingly strong is the resist
ance of the air against a speed
ing airplane. A plane’s speed
creates of the air a medium of
even greater density than water.
Therefore even the tiniest ob
structions on the surface of the
i plane add to the resistance.
It is surpirsing to know that
| United States government engin
I eers have found that paint spray
! ed on the wings of a certain
: plane increased the resistance by
14 percent at 225 miles per hour,
and that at the same speed a Dou
glas airliner requires 240 horse
power solely to pull exposed riv
et heads through the air.
For these reasons not only is
streamlining of aircraft of funda
mental importance, but for great
est efficiency, it is necessary to
achieve surfaces as smooth as it
is possible to make them.
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