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Much has been said about what we can expert in the way of air travel
between here and the States after the War, During- the War there has
been much improvement,travel is faster, shorter routes have been used,
and more use has been made of plane service.
But—read what Jesfons- Weekly has released concerning the new Giant
Clippers, .... ' * • '" :
"The Giant 204 Passenger PAA Clipper may be used on tan American World
Airways' proposed northern service to the ’Orient, provided the Civil
Aeronautics Board grants them.permission to fly the route. Fan American
has ordered a fleet of these.huge clippers from Consolidated Vultee,
each of which will carry 204 passengers and 15,300 p$und^ of baggage,
mail and eypress. Enroute to t]pe uri.ent via Alaska the flying time irora
Seattle to Fairbanks would be 5 hours, t.o Anchorage 4^ hours from the
States. The airplane will be 12 times the size’ of- present standard
twin engined commercial aircraft in .'the United, ^tates. It is 182 feet
long and has a wing span of 230 feet, equal' to' the height of a 21-story
building. The six engines will produce power equivalent to 353 average
automobile engines. It has two decks with luxurious accomodations for'
passengers and crew. Cruising speeds will vary between 310 and 343 miles
per hour according to altitude and.power output.
The. enormous capacity and high speed of' the new clippers will bo
translated into unprecedented low fares, not possible with smaller air
craft. Pan Americat's program for vast transportation—for carrying the
average man at rates he can afford — w.i-11 thus be realized.
SWARMS OF CHICKS .TAKING PASSENGER S.FA'CE ON PLANES
1ompous and important individuals need not be surprised within the
next few weeks to find themselves pushed off an airplane to make room
for chicks*. Airplane offices are expecting a deluge of migrant baby
chick»n travelers this spring to Al&skn, during which time the chicks
will have priority over human beings*
The chicks are ha-tched in Seattle o.nd near-by. points and sent in
well ventilated boxes to chicken growers .in Alaska who fin^ it more
expedient to buy newly hatched chicks ‘than to hatch their own, A
greatly increased interest in chicken ralsi-rig this year has resulted in
a flood of orders for chicks,
Passengers in the same plane-as the chicks, ;which incidently will
fly along with the’human cargo rather than the freight, need not comr
plain either of the plane's being too warm, for a temperature of from
72 to 75 ddgrees must be maintained for the benifit of the feathered
infants,
Fan American World Airways has been carrying* chicks to Alaska but
not in such numbers as are expected this sphihg, Alaska Airlines will
carry a number of -shipment# to Anchorage af'ter the chicks have boon
cared for overnight by local iFAA personnel. " ,
HEARTY, HOT MEALS ON SEATTLE-AL/iSKA RUN *AHa FEATURED BY PAA
Hot food from Seattle to Nome Is the new service recently inaugurated
by Pan American World Airways aboard their fleet of Alaska Clinpera,
The story of how they are prepared, handled and-.-served ha? just been
released from Seattle headquarters of PA/.' through• Kenneth Alex’nder,
district traffic manager 'here, ? ; ,.
They are prepared by Ran American’s chefs-at .Seattle and Fairbanks
placed aboard, the pla nes in thermo—containers t;o be .served .by the
Arctic stewardesses. Included- in Fan American’s elabora'to menus, guaran
teed to please the hearty Alaskan appetite, are fried chicken, chops,
fricassees, braised dishes,' and two inch -thick steaks, .The stei ks are
served only on the south bound trips, Guens why,