Show 1 air to panama canal over mexico I 1 of relations lons with I 1 mexico makes possible the N V establishment of the direct air croute route from the flig united ottto the e pama mi canal plans a route e ns as an important 1 fl part da system of beatt the canali held 1 up 1 for more than two 4 because of acred severed diplomatic the tefie ierlan government hn 3 bated its alta willingness ehlt kM t abul trIca an I 1 planes to t fly y over d and not dot be averse to ito hf flent of btty an aerial ma anair li aco 0 city c a tho the united states and ra A ta h the out plans bior or anair J ahr tl Sted states to pan possible le courses have been aeed i the T ellch i first of these and the taoist tf S re carded by experts at aa ludin rable Is 13 the central 9 tr 4 tel kelly y field san 28 to arii garedo Ia edo redo and through keerd art of 01 mexico following ta tetone jeton the th 4 giua of t e e railway stoan ot 01 mexico route Is rion gahe ektor and the gulf with a flight across the yucatan peninsula risu this route has the advantage of beenk very much shorter than that followed jy by cipp thomas thomaa 0 in charge of a squadron oi of six army planes last april bhea ahem they flew from san antonio texas via florida cuba haiti san daml domingo rigo and porto rico from a military point coln t of view said captain lanphier the importance of this flight hardly can be overestimated it la Is evident sit at once that the island of porto rico forms the logical base of action for nn an air lorce force against any possible enemy fleet approaching pro aching the panama ca canal nal from the atlantic aside from military aspects this athla flight suggests interesting possibilities air lines it for future commercial as been shown to be entirely pra to 0 fly from the southern portion of the ahe united states to venezuela in ampro approximately XI 12 flyum scars the third thir d route suggested 9 is frontu san diego calif bjong aiono the west cop coast st of mexico |