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Show Transocean TI'ansocean TIansocean ' Air Ail Tl Travel TravelContinues TravelContinues avel avelContinues Continues to Be Popular Popl ar a Atlantic , Pacific Spanned Spannedby Spannedby by Regular Service . Washington Washmgton , DC-Although DC Although D CAlthough C Although -Although - the theHmdenburg theHindenburg theHmdenburg Hmdenburg Hindenburg has been erased from fromthe fromthe fromthe the timetables and the Grat Graf Zeppe Zeppe1m Zeppelm Zeppelin 1m lm has been grounded , air travel travelcontmues travelcontinues travelcontinues contmues continues to be a popular method of ofocean ofocean ofocean ocean crossmg"Both crossing"Both crossmg crossing crossmg"Both "Both Both " the Atlantic and the Paclflc Pacific Paclflcare Pacificare Pacificare are still st1l1 spanned by scheduled air airservices airservices airservices services , " savs says sa ) s the National Geo Geographic Geographic Gcographic graphic society , ' and the Indian Indianocean Indianocean Indianocean ocean is skirted Most of the world's worlds world'sImportant world'simportant world'simportant worldsimportant ' Important seas , especially the Med Med- MedIterranean Med- Med Mediterranean Mediterranean - - iterranean and the Caribbean Canbbean , are arecrisscrossed arecrisscrossed arecrisscrossed crisscrossed and nnd oullmed outlmed outlined by air air- airlines airlines airlines - lines lines"Air "Air Air " commuters across the At- At AtlantIc Atlantic At Atlantic - lantic may be without wings wmgs tem tem- temporanly temporarily temporarily - porarily poranly , , but the mail mall still goes China Chma Instead of progressing progressmg by bybroad bybroad bybroad broad ocean hops , these air routes routesusually routesusually routesusually usually follow coastlines coastlmes , with port- port portto portto port-to port to - - to port overland jumps through dan dan- dangerous dangerous dangerous - gerous and inhospitable mhospltable country and andoverwater andoverwatcr andoverwatcr overwater overwatcr flights to islands * ' The French line to the Orient Orienthugs Orienthugs Orienthugs hugs the northern shores of the Med Med- Mediterranean Mediterranean - . iterranean and the Indian ocean oceanthen , then darts overland above India and andSlam andSiam andSiam Slam Siam to French Indo China's Chinas ' ' me me- metropohs metropolis metropolis - tropolis tropohs , Saigon The route from fromthe fromthe fromthe the Netherlands follows the same sametactics sametactics sametactics tactics , except e"Ccept eCcept " that it turns south southfrom southfrom southfrom from Bangkok in Siam Slam and hops hopsover hopsover hopsover over the dense forests and rich ricb plan plan- plantntlons plantations plantations - tations tntlons of the Malay states , Su Su- Sumatra Su- Su Sumatra Sumatra - - matra , Java and Borneo , with Wlth ex- ex exotIc exotic ex exotic - - otic sounding stops scattered along alongboth alongboth alongboth both sides of the Equator-5mga- Equator 5mga Equator-Singa- Singa Equator5mgapore EquatorSingapore Equator - - Singa Singapore - - pore , Palembang , Batavia , Ban Ban- Bandoeng Bandoeng Bandoeng - doeng , and BalikpapanBusy Balikpapan Bahkpapan BalikpapanBusy Busy Over Mediterranean l\ledlterrancan l ledlterrancan \ . "Possibly Possibly " the most flown over sea seaIS seais seais IS the Mediterranean , with a dozen dozenor dozenor dozenor or so airlines aIrlmes radiating radlatmg from Mar Mar- Marseilles Marseilles Marseilles - seilles , Rome , and Athens Most ot of otthem ofthem ofthem them find their way southward by byway byway byway way of Cyprus , Crete , Sicily , Cor Cor- CorSica Cor- Cor Corsica Corsica - - sica , or the Balearic Islands to Eu- Eu European European Eu European - ropean colonies colomes m in northern AfrIca Africaand , and Egypt ' The English Engl1sh channel is lIkewise likewisea a much flown stretch of water . At Atone Atone Atone one time a dozen airlines crossed crossedit It . , eleven of them darting dartmg fanlIke fanlIkefrom fanlikefrom fanlikefrom from London toward other European Europeancapitals Europeancapitals Europeancapitals capitals Even the ice locked Bal Bal- Balhc Baltic Baltic - tic hc has its aerial aenal shortcuts , Imklng linking ImklngFmland linkingFinland linkingFinland Fmland Finland , Denmark , and Norway Norwaywith Norwaywith Norwaywith with Sweden"Heavy Sweden Sweden"Heavy "Heavy Heavy " air traffic encircles the theGuI theGulf theGulf GuI Gulf ! of Mexico and the Caribbean Caribbeansea Caribbeansea sea , linking lInkmg North America with withcoastal withcoastal withcoastal coastal srrvice on the sister contI contInent Contineat continent nent neat to the south One Intercon Intercontmental intercontinental intercontincntal tmental tinental jump travels the penInsula penInsulaIsland peninsulaisland peninsulaisland Island isthmus route to the west westcoast westcoast westcoast coast of at South America Amenca , flying flymg over overFlorida overFlorida overFlorida Florida , Cuba , Jamaica , and then thenmakmg thenmaking thenmaking makmg making a long overwater hop to through on planes that hop the theSouth theSouth theSouth South Atlantic Atlanhc weekly for regular regulardel1very regulardelivery regulardelivery del1very delivery The French malllme mail line has hascut hascut hascut cut the travel time between Paris Parisand Parisand Pansand and Brazil to three days , , touching touchingthree touchingthree touchingthree three contments continents and crossing crossmg parts partsof partsof partsof of seven countnes"A countries"A countries countnes countries"A "A A " German line lme shares respon responslbillty responsibility rcsponsibility slbillty sibility with the French for weekly weeklytransatlantic weeklytransatlantic weeklytransatlantic transatlantic air mail Routes , of ofI ofcourse ofcourse ofcourse I course , vary somewhat from trip to toI totrIp totrip totrip I trIp in order to avoid areas nreas made madestormy madestormy madestormy stormy by weather or politics pol1t1cs . Spectaculor Spectacuhr Spectacular Service . Youngest 'Youngest ' and most spectacular spectacularof of the boating by air services is 1S the thePan thePan thePan Pan American Amencan Clipper line Ime from fromCahfornIa fromCalifornia fromCalifornia CahfornIa California to China Chma The new newOrient newOrient newOrient Orient Express xpress ' since smce April . , 1937 1937has , has been dodging dodgmg monotony over overthe overthe overthe the non pacific Pacific by cleavmg cleaving cleavmgthe cleavingthe cleavingthe the clouds and reaching Hong Kong Kongone Kongone Kongone one week after departure from San SanFrancIsco SanFrancisco SanFrancisco FrancIsco This jaunt from hemi hem hemisphere hemisphere ! sphere to hemisphere requires a ajagged ajagged ajagged jagged southwesterly course to the thePhillppmes thePhilippines thePhilippines Phillppmes Philippines on the eastern rim nm of ofAsia ofAsia ofAsia Asia , then a jump northwest north\lest north lest northtiest \ to toChina toChina toChina China , with five stops between the theAmencan theAmerican theAmerican Amencan American terminus and the AsiatIc AsiatIcterminus Asiaticterminus Asiaticterminus terminus The bases are in m three threecases threecases threecases cases tropical islands in . which v.luch vluch the theairplane theairplane theairplane airplane contrasts with the usual usualtransportation usualtransportation usualtransportation transportation tempo - lhwau Hawaii HiwanGuam , Guam , and Manila in the PhUIp Philip PhUIppme's Philippines Philippine's Philippines Philippine's"Airlines pme's pmes pines ' ' pme's"Alrlmf pines"Airlines "Airlines Airlines "Alrlmf Alrlmf " > S arc are prominent among amongthe amongthe amongthe the eastCst east west \\Cst Cst \ lifelines lIfel1nes which keep keepGret keepGreat keepGreit Gret Great , Bnt Britain 1m < in touch with her In IndIes Indies Indies dIes , and France rrance with her Indo Colombia and the Panama Canal CanalZone CanalZone CanalZone Zone Another arc of air travel fol fol.lows follows . lows the crescent of the West In- In Indies Indies In Indies - dies to South America's Americas ' east cast coast- coast coastfrom coastfrom coast - from Miami Mmmi to Nuevitas Nuev1tas Nuevatas in Cuba CubaPort , Port au nu Prince Prmce in Haiti , San Juan Juanin Juanin Juanin in Puerto Rico , then southeast over overthe overthe overthe the Lesser Antilles , those 'samted samted 'sainted sainted 'sainted'specks saintedspecks ' ' specks of British BntIsh and French terri tern- tern terri- terntory territory territory - tory festooned around tho the Carib CarIb- CarIbbean Caribbean Caribbean - - bean . "A A " complete air base has been beenerected beenerected beenerected erected on Bermuda Bermudn for a projected projectedtransatlnnhc projectedtransatlantic projectedtransatlantic transatlnnhc transatlantic service between Lon Lon- London Lon- Lon London London - - don and New York This new newroute newroute nev/route nev route / route will also touch Portugal and andthe andthe andthe the Azores A more northern route routeby routeby routeby by wiy W'lY WlY way ' of Newfoundland Ncwfoundland has also alsobecn alsobeen alsobeen becn been surveyed " |