Air Conquest Spurs Trade Across Pacific
Pan American Airways Pacific crossings surge with over 100 successful runs, carrying passengers including women and children, and delivering mail and express to China. New Zealand and Australia routes near completion, linking United States exporters to Asia and Australasia faster than Europe. Aircraft and hotel stops on Wake Midway Guam expand travel comfort, while rapid maintenance and new flying standards boost reliability.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Pan-American Airways
China
Hawaii
New Zealand
Auckland
N. Z
Australia
United States
Australia-New Zealand
Europa
Pacific Lines
Jung Hap Fom
Wake Island
Midway
Wake
Guam
Philipines
New’ Zealand
Kingawan Reef
Howsland
Esker
Jarvis Island
Paga Papa
Kingman Reef
State Department
Tyes
U. 5
Crado
Man
America
Europe
Colombia
Wsiiin
Venezuch
New York
Ager
Honolulu
Pan-American
Postoffice Department
Lindbergh’s New Plane Promises Safer Camping Flight
Charles A. Lindbergh pilots a modern low wing monoplane dubbed the flying Caravan in England, boasting improved visibility, dual controls, seaplane capability, and ample gas for long cruises. The Spirit of St. Louis remains cramped and loud by comparison.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Spirit of
Lindbergh
England
St. Louis
Paris
Spirit of St. Louis
Lindhere
Cachets Mailed Nationwide for Huron Airport Dedication
The Huron dedication of W. W. Howes Municipal Airport will send cachet stamps nationwide with airmail envelopes. Requests have flooded W. H. Olson's cachet office, July 3 is deadline, envelopes must bear return space 2 1/2 inches square, red cachet on July 4 and blue on July 5, one envelope returned daily.
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Huron
W. W. Howes Municipal
United States
W. H. Olson
Cachet
Olson
Clipper Service Expands To Remote Pacific Outposts
The text describes maintenance workshops for radio, propeller, woodwork, and precision instruments supporting Clipper flights. Island outposts like Wake, Midway, and Guam require various supplies by ship or from Clipper crews. With over 3,000,000 passenger miles logged, the network aims to open remote regions to travel and trade while preparing for transoceanic service.
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Wake Island
Midway
Guam
Atlantic
Lindberghs Flyite Caravan Not Yet Used in Flight Plans
The Lindberghs have logged many miles in the Flyite Caravan since its 1936 delivery. Despite its refinements and reputation as a fully equipped jet superior to the Spirit of St Louis, the Flying Caravan has not yet been deployed on a mission.
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St.Louis
Lindberghs
Mediterranean
Far East
Ite
Spirit
St. Louis
Whitehead Leaves Bureau of Air Commerce July First
Dr. Roy E. Whitehead chief of the medical section since 1933 resigns effective July 1 to enter private practice. He has supervised medical examiners nationwide and plans to publish articles on Pacific flights and aviation medicine. He contributed to early testing innovations and the Clipper medical studies which remain unpublished.
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Whitehead
Washington
Roy E. Whitehead
Bureau of Air Commerce
Bureau
WPA
Manila
San Francisco
National Aeronautic Magazine
Pacific
Yome 1
Aviation Briefs and Milestones in Early Flight Progress
The Douglas Aircraft Co wins a War Department contract for 177 tyre engined bombs at about 11 651. The United States lacks a general helium export law for medical use but rejects military use requests. On May 10 1912 Glenn L Martin crossed from Newport Bay to Catalina in a bamboo pontoon hydroplane, twenty five years later flying the trans Pacific Clinger. The Bureau of Air Commerce now requires runways 4500 feet long at designated airports. Over 440 000 workers are in airplane construction across Europe with Russia 200 000 Germany 100 000 Great Britain 70 000 and France and Italy about 35 000 each.
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United States
Glenn L. Martin
Newport Bay
Santa Catalina Island
Bureau of Air Commerce
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
France
Tuly
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NEA
Pacife
Alameda
Ange
Lindy
U.S
AE Patedned
Western Union
United States Shoe Company
Cincinnati, Ohio
AIR Express
Frida Special Aviation Window
RED Cross
Harry C. Lampe
Service Shoe
Skyridera
Skyrider Club
Eddie Rickenbacker
Oxfords
Bria Or
Inather Atyle
Florsheims
Aviation Briefs
Douglas Aircraft Company
War Department
Service Shoe Shop
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