Possibilities Outlined by. Air Line Chief "One may leave Shanghai on 0 Wednesday and arrive in New York on the following Wednesday," was the startling announcement of Mr. Harold M. Bixby, speaker at the American University Club timm, held on October 13 in the American Club." By way of explanation the speaker added, "when the Clippers and the Shanghai-Hongkong services were flying on regular schedules."
It would be a matter' of eight days for business executives to mal the trip across the Pacific "Ocean and the American continent ina calendar week, inasmuch as in crossing the international date line an extra Saturday or Sunday, as the case might be, would be added, Emphasizing his point, Mr. Bixby pointed out that such rapid transortation would increase the visits of American business executives to the "Orient and vice versa, atid parties concerned could make delsions of vital importance. speed which formerly depended on ordin-ory mails, By way of example, regarding Manila,' It was stated that steamships required 25 days for the trip to San Franelsco—the Clippers would make it in five, First Pan-American Service The Pan-American Airways opened their frst over-water service between, Key West and Havana in 1928, flying 90° miles. 'To-day the company operated 40,000 miles of air route The history of the trans-Pacific fights extended back for a number of years. It was while the com-any operated their former' longest water route, from Kingston Colombia, South America, $50 miles, that the Jonger fight of ten times that distance was envisioned, No, less than $2,000,000 was spent preparation for this xigantie endeavour, including the testing of Sikorksy seaplanes with 40,000 1b, ross load and the Martins with loads of $2,000 th. During four years} pilots on the Kingston run learned latest navigation methods, such as sun-sighting, dead reckoning, direction finding (distance and within 200 miles) radio booms and minor "tricks," Ike dropping smoke bombs to secure wind drift statistics, Judge Milton Helmick presided, supported by past presidents, eluding Dr. J. Usang Ly, Dr." Fon Sec, Mr. J, B. Powell and Mr. Julea Arnold." Also seated at the speaker's lable was Mr. Glenn Babb, Associated Press representative from Tokyo
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