Show Transatlantic Air Service Present indications point to toward toward to to- ward a a. complete aerial service be between between between be- be tween New York and London during during during dur dur- ing 1936 according to Reginald M. M r. r Cleveland well known writer on aviation in the Scientific American Such a service will carry passengers mail and express cx- cx press between these two cities in 36 hours Right now there is available American equipment produced in American factories and operated by American airline companies which is ready and able to span the Atlantic on regular regular regular regu regu- lar commercial schedules There are arc however considerations other than technical advances which must be met before beCore such a service can become a reality The political situation is such that all nations involved must see eye to eye in inthe inthe inthe the matter of laying down the routes and establishing the necessary necessary essary terminal and stopping points The preliminary technical work which has made possible the tho imminent im Im- Im- Im conquering of the AtIa Atlantic Uc has already been accomplished Pan-American Pan Airways Airway has for years been operating across the thc Caribbean sea and throughout South America other air lines ex extend ex cx- tend over Alaska and form torm a growing network in China they have conquered the Pacific with the now well known clipper ships Thus says Mr Cleveland the north Atlantic Atlantic area area of uncertain skies and an often troubled sea sea sea- constitutes one of the tho most Important Important important Im im- Im- Im sections to remain free from the shadows of commercial wings That it will not long re remain remain remain re- re main so is definitely established by international negotiations which have already been started to discuss the transatlantic air problem Our own state department depart depart- ment meat is heartily in favor of at such sucha a service and is Js ready and willing willingto ng to cooperate to the fullest extent with other nations When the Atlantic air service ice is finally established it itis is definitely foreseen that there will be wag waged d an increasingly important battle for tor supremacy in the passenger passenger passenger pas pas- mail and express business which will naturally follow the theair theair theair air lines That there is enough business for all i. i is the opinion of oC Martin Martin Martin Mar Mar- tin managing director l' l lof of the German Lufthansa It will however be strongly competed for forby forby forby by organizations of various na nations naj both beta now planning the use of flying boats and lighter than air aircraft aircraft craft of ot the Graf Grat Zeppelin typo type on the transatlantic air lines |