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A 21-passenger Clipper, first
of Pan American World Airways’
Alaskan fleet of Douglas DC13’s
to be converted from military to
commercial use, soared north
ward on its inaugural flight to
day, bringing a new stewardess
service to the Territory.
Wearing smart blue uniforms,
the stewardesses will furnish
food and passenger service daily
along the company’s Seattle
Juneau - Whitehorse - Fairbanks
route.
% Trained for Arctic flying by the
rline which pioneered the first
scheduled northern air routes 12
years ago, the stewardesses are
the first in Alaskan aviation.
Bringing the Territory only
four hours by air from Seattle,
the new Clippers are equipped
with upholstered chairs, quilted
cabin lining and hot air heating
system, designed especially for
sub-zero flying weather by Pan
American’s engineers. The first
Douglas Clipper now in operation
will be followed early this month
by another undergoing conversion
in the company’s Seattle hangar.
Two more are being converted at
Van Nuys, Calif., and will be in
operation shortly after the first
of the year, Assistant Manager J.
V. Roscoe announced.
The fifth Clipper is on charter
service for the navy between
Fairbanks and Point Barrow.
With inauguration of the new |
Douglas equipment, one of the!
company’s Lockheed Lodestars
will be transferred north, to fly
between Fairbanks and Nome on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days and operate from Fairbanks
to Bethel on Saturdays. The Lock
heed Electras, which pioneered
the Fairbanks-Juneau service in
1934 and brought the first air
mail service to Alaska, will be
removed from operation.
“Pan American has long real
ized the necessity for speedy and
adequate Clipper operations to i
supply the Territory’s growing J
demand for air service,’* said jj
Roscoe. ‘‘However, not until re- «j
cently were we able to obtain ’
new Douglas equipment. J
‘‘The employment of steward
esses in the Alaska service for •
the first time is another step for- !
ward in providing th finest pos-f|
sible air travel accommodations!
for the people of the Territory,
who have been loyal to us for 12;'
years.
Stewardesses will be uniform
ly dressed in Tunis blue suits
with pocket and hat insignia of
gold. They will wear winged
hats,, white blouses, black shoes,!
and carry black gloves and hand-1
stitched shoulder bags. Winter
equipment will consist of custom-!
tailored weather-frepellant blue
coats with removable linings and
parka hoods trimmed in wolver
ine. Their overshoes (mukluks)
will be fleece-lined Arctic boots
in black leather.
The only “cold weather’* wom
en flight crew members in a com
mercial service operating over
the “top of the! world’*, applicants
were given rigorous medical ex
aminations and high altitude tests
before their acceptance as stew
ardesses. ,
Given six weeks’ intensive
training at Seattle, stewardesses
were required to take courses on
geography of Alaska, first aid,
swimming, physical fitness, psy
chology, poise, aircraft familiar
ization, meteorology, link trainer,
handling of ship’s papers, traf
fic training and civil air regula
tions. Special emphasis was plac
ed on passenger* service training.
Pan American has recently
filed an application with the
Civil Aeronautics Board to ex
pand its Alaska operations with
a service to Anchorage. It has
also asked for an extension of
its service from Nome to Tokyo,
Shanghai, Canton, Hanoi and
Calcutta, to begin as soon as lar
ger Clippers are built after the
war.
In a single prewar year, the
United States imported more than
three million pounds of paprika
from Hungary.
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