America's Airlines in Ten Years Have Covered Star; of 134-Year-Old Nation with Network of Planes Cockatoo a Family Pet By Femme GRAHAM A 134-year-old—sulphur-crested Ordinarily ten years is a brief land recently, four of the major cockatoo, just received at the London period in the development of any domestic airlines operating in the Zoo, probably holds the world's retnajor form of transport, and even metropolitan area maintained about cord for longevity in a bird. It is in a land where the steel bands of 70 per cent. of their schedules. carrying its years with both dignity the railroad were pushed from ocean As for night flying, about 50 per and enjoyment. to ocean in an incredibly short time, cent. of the mileage piled up by the The cockatoo presented by Mr. C. R. and the belief has been built up that airlines last year was done at night Urwin was received by the donor such things can be done quickly, the Passenger comforts that were un-from a female relative in 1909, who growth of air transport is little short dreamed of in 1928 are being ad-bad kept it for twenty years. She of fantastic. vanced and improved from day to received it from her grandmother, If one looks at the vast network day, and sleeper planes now make it who had possessed it ever since she of airlines that today span the conti-possible to rest while in flight. Hot was twenty-two until her death at nent and link many parts of it with meals are served at 10,000 feet. the age of eighty-seven, and she in other countries, the equipment now With the increase of speed and turn had received the bird from her used, the airports in operation and comfort has come a decrease in fare, mother, who had kept it for over the regularity of schedules and the Whereas it used to take 33 hours and twenty years, states "The Observer." high degree of comfort and safety, cost $400 to span the continent, big The whole subject of avian longe-and then attempts to compare them Douglas Dt ith their twin-Wasp has been studied by Major with conditions in 1928, the imagina-engines cover the Stanley Flower over a period of tion is stimulated. But such a com-same distance now in 15% hours at many years. parison is perhaps the best way to a cost of $150. understand how far civil aviation
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