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SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1931.

ANNIVERSARY OF AIR MAIL.

First American Service Flown 20 Years Ago: Now 100,000 Miles Daily.

cockpits. But they carried the ] WILLYS SIX WINS mail through and people began to

PIKES PEAK RACE.

row accustomed to sending a fow letters by air.

This

Protest by Pilots Against

Flashing over the historic Pikes Flying Conditions.

Peak route on Labour Day from Following a united protest by a Crystal Creak Canyon to the towor- group of these pilote aver the ing granite heights of Pikes Peak, conditions under which they were n strictly stock Willys Six forced to fly, the

began government Roadster, ngaln has captured the New York. Sept. 29, available but that it would compete to pay more serious attention to nunual mountain climb. Next Wednesday is the twentieth succranfully with the fastest me this business of commercial acro-famous race, known as the world's

climbing anniversary of the first transport thods of mail transport yet devised, nautics. At the same time the greatest hill of mail in the United States by air. Ovington flow eight miles with the army and navy were clamouring mado history, for the Willya Six Earl Ovington, flyin edition of Wedn

Next for the salvage of something of repeated its performance of last Bleriui mail twenty years ago,

Wednesday Dean Smith will fly their wartime aviation and a fur-year and won first and second with the Hendee Indian edl

ther development of the pence places in the stock car race, the Morrow board rat time, any make of car has Thep

things years. then many and

The

classic.

the Gnome Rhone Rotary motorfover the same route. He will dropublish, made its study and Anished one, two, in consecutivo

took off

уда

an aviation meet at his package at Mineola. during Nassau Boulevard, Garden Cay with the rest of the mail, ho will fly Estates. and carriel the mu bauen to Newark the Eastern terminal reported, "The five-year programs.

to Mineola, where he dropped it for all the air mail lines that

within reasonable proximity to the New York and New Farve happened.

In this torrifle grind, which is a mo for the army and navy was gruelling test of a car's Inbuilt evolved. An air commerce act stamina, durability, quality, enfoly and signed and flashing power, the Willys Six postollee. Hervice for nine daya and then cachet he will carry will go west was

the President, to Son by in twenty-eight hours 10

of dash пр

the steep sides of the ree could Times

Ovington continuad the There a few letters of the specials passed by Concating a law mado the thrilling 12 1/3-mille ended, according to the New York loncisco and Los Angeles, south under which the Departmentato mountain with its 203 curves, in

"

General

the

Growth Attributed to Pioneer Flights.

and Commerce regulate

of

LOB

was 914 sec.

Commerce was

The race was under supervision of the A.A.A. and adds another record to the long list already held by this car.

NEW ZEALAND BUYS BRITISH.

It was rewarded at the Fine as to Mami, the West Indies

good stunt. Anything that South America: southwest by way dying. The Aoronanties Branch of the remarkable time of 25 min.

to Brownsville and the Department speeds communications is of par- of Atlanta amount interest and the thought Mexico City, to Tucson and San created with an Assistant Secret of transport Antonio, and thence across Arizona ary of Commerce for Aeronautics. Simultaneously came the decision that Home means

Sam the

of the mall could be evolved that would actually and Mexico to Southern California.

to turn transport rival the Twentieth Century or the

over to private operators, and with Empire State Express was interest-

that came the biggest co-operative

Tort of all, which has resulted in A customs return showing the Ix. A few, however, thought that

As the mail started by Dean the establishment of the greatest imports into New Zealand of motor idea was more than just interest- utmost

In the world. In the

The vehicles reveals some interesting ing. They deemed it of

Smith is moving swifty westward; airways synapartment furnished these were Ovington himself. an air mail Among

facts. In the six months of this Post-offico importance. the pilot himself and Post-master pilot again, will start from the money that paid for planes and

and year ended June 30, 1,087 passon- Frank Hitchcock,

who Angeles with a special anniversary

Appropria- ger cars valued at £186,122 wore Ovington as "Air Mail Pilot No. load

waye he will drop down at Tucson. merce made possible the establish- dom, whereas only 323 valued at ten where his mall load will be trans- 1." That trip was less than

ment of the lighted airways are 3,246, word impacted from the miles. To-day the mail is carried ferred to another plane for the

radio

Depart- leg.

of Agriculture con- Kingdom numbered 370, valued at over 23,489 mlics of airways and next castward

The growth of air transport intributed its admirable system of £46,880, and from the U.S.A. four bring the mileage of the establish the United States has been fre- weather warnings and forecasts. of the value of £657. passenger and express operations

In ed airways of

quently attributed to ploneering The plan for development of planen cars from the United Kingdom the United States to

land lights ever and вея. 58,185. Over these routes, all

and ongines was largely financed

three only, value £770, caretdily mapped and marked, aboon attributed also to the activ from the treasuries of the army umbered 59, valued at £9.8

financial backing of the great part lighted for night opera and and

and navy, while the great majority from the U.S.A. British chassis tion and a growing section equip government through the Postoffice of the air line pilots flying to-day Imported numbered 41, of the

As a matter of fact, Department.

act, received their training at Brooks value of £4,065, and there was not ped with radio, the air transport| planes of the United States are fly-there is scarcely a department of and Kelly Field under the Air single chassis from the U.S.A. the government that is not helped Corps or at Penaacola under the ing 100,000 miles a day.

came from Washington to swear in ond, and flying by American Airtransport organizant of Com-imported from the United King-

1

Postmaster Foretells Air

Mall Future.

It has

tions for the

sometimes with materially

in- dividuai contributions of UX- perience and facilities and more

navy.

the

Ku

The

from United

June

In the six months British tyre

iniparts were valued at $178,147. againat £7,741 from the US.A.

Century Lines Carry 10,000 Passengers, Over 10.000 passengers, 347,854 Mr. Hitchcock foresaw some-often with a co-operation of effort thing of this, for, commenting later and support without which

two come in contact with has been of songer miles flown within on Ovington's first flight, he sald: achievement would have been im-revenue miles, 1,814,682 total pas city official with whom we have

The progress being made in the possible.

Following Ovington's nine days months of operations is the record immeasurable value in enabling established by Century Pacific Century Pacific Lines to accomplish science of aviation encourages the hope that ultimately the regular of mall carrying in the Bleriot the Lines, air passenger service con- what in other air transportation les, hervice has ever done before," said converance of mail by this means next air transport of mail come inacting San Diego, Los Angeles. Fuller.

the war years when the army and Bakersfield. Fresno, San Jose,

Postoffice Department Ch may be practicable. Such vice, if found feasible, might be the

to

it possible. make established in many districts where operated the natural conditions preclude Aside from barnstormera,

and the work fiers

of one or two the

BOT- ม

other means of rapid transportaranizations, notably

tion."

circus

A

or

Los

without

"A Sun Francisco Oakland, San Francisco and Sacra-

Angeles business man whose mento.

From all available statistics this interests take him along the Ines forty-three in a a record unequalled in commer- once weekly can save cial aviation. During this time the full twenty-four-hour days per year transportation, and Whut the Postmaster General did Curties Flying Service, the Wright average load factor of the Stinson by using air not foresee was that the airplane Brothers Flying Service, Aying ten-passenger airliners was 60,4, statinties show that the same bust- not only was to become a ricans of was confined to military experi- with a peak factor of 7.2. Between ness man can travel four billion

years. Then rupid transport for the mall where ment for the next few

56,294 landings and senger air transports other forms of transport were not came the war with all aviation con- July 3 last and August 31 alone miles on recognised exclusivo pas-

centrated on military deve

development. more than

subjecting himself to the risks he accomplished, take-offs were

would enc

encounter

ter in 6,000 miles of In May, 1918, an appropriation Many have wondered at the un- $100,000 was made for the

American motor manufacturers pose of a scheduled mail operation precedented success of the new air-automobile travel."

One between New York and Washing line. There are two answers.

that commercial aviation has have adopted the five-day weak to Hon.Army planes and pilots carried come into its own and the other is such an extent that nearly half the

the mall over the 218-miles route. They made a stop at Philadelphia the farsightedness of preparation workmen are permanently on that and used the old liazelhurst Field, as accomplished by O. R. Fuller, basis.

After nt of the lines, president now Roosevelt, as the New York

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many months of investigation by

terminal. The pilots used Do Fuller, who is a veteran motor Haviland and they were still using stage transportation executive and a little more efficient models of the Los Angeles motor car dealer, aa

ila

✡

reached.

formula Was

old De II when after the war the well hs aviation expert of the Cord Posteller Department developed Corporation, a more elaborate air mail system the efforts of Post- largely due to

Now a Business, No master General Now and his as- Paul Henderson,

Longer Romance. nistant, Colonel

Briefly stated, it was that com- now vice president of United Air

of just Lines and founder of National Air mercial aviation, instead

flying, was a solid form of passen- Transport, Inc.

The mail. pilots of these days ger transit to be managed as a rank with the grent scientists as business proposition and nothing pioneers. They had weather re-more. Fuller divided romance and porta of a sort. They had planes adventure from fact and prepared that were not sturdy nor atable for action. One of the decisions enough for the work required of made was that high farca kept them and they had motors which people from utilising air transpor

and not fear. had a nasty habit quitting at most tation

Yet In

Before the lines went into opera- inopportune

dimculties involved tion Fuller established prices com- spite of the

parable to other accepted passon- They flew the mail acrer enrriers. In this case the pre- | over the Alleghanics by without the aid of radio, and cedent of the Century Air Lines through the passes of the Rockies of Chicago, controlled by the Cord when their planes were not capable interests, was fallowed.

Many "The generous co-operation and of gotting over them. erashed and not a few died in their great vision of every San Francisco

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