Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-01 | Page 1 | Lindbergh Helps Design Huge Planes for Passenger Trips Across Oceans

Lindbergh Helps Helps- Design Huge Planes For Passenger Trips Across Oceans I Br OJ United Press Pread NEW YORK Dec Dee 1 Colonel l-Colonel Charles A. A Lindbergh first to fly l from New York to Paris now believes In the practicability of ot transoceanic nic passenger and freight service ce He has helped design huge planes capable cap cap- able of flying over either the Atlantic or Pacific For several years after alter his own Atlantic cro crossing sing alone in a small plane Lindbergh Lindberch held to th the view that regular crossings by commercial ships would be impracticable He Me believed believed be be- aviation had not yet developed planes sturdy enough to survive the hazards of ocean weather Now as chairman of the thc technical cal committee of the thc American Pah-American Airways Air ways System he has hu aid aided din in the thede de de i of six clipper type monoplane monoplane mono mono- plane transports transporte capable of ot carrying passengers ers or freight from the United States to Europe or the Orient They are arc to be bc larger than any heavier heavier- than air craft now in commercial use Colonel Lindbergh attended the theme me meeting ting at which Juan T. T Trippe president of Pan American announced announced an an- the company's plans for ocean service The company would not reveal the routes ft proposed to use but it was believed its Atlantic course would be either cither by way of ot Greenland or a southern course by way of Berm Bermuda da and the Azores Both France and Great Britain plan ocean air services Officials of Pan Pan- American said they wanted to get et into the field first if it possible