Show ii J r MM N r ramm w tie M k t J 0 N A A A tj V R 1 y NIINI i r J v R k A 0 eur in by ELP ELMO 1 0 SCOTT WATSON alb 11 you exclaim old when you j read the title of tills this article of s K D 1 5 cu st america lias taken to the he airl clr orville onie find and wilbur were the first artt to do it and that was 20 years eara ago and took look at till nil happened since then especially in the lust year or two to I 1 guess the feats of byrd bird and und and aphel and und bergh and of course until eider cider and amelia earhart Ear hait and W n lot of others nt licis prove that america tins lias takes it to the air till nil tl t ilahi l rh but do you realize rc ille how thoroughly efly america und and capt tip moans means all of us nod nut not just a few dia ing 13 eris liis bas tula aulm ii to the alie air tiow now indicate ly the blue streak of if air air travel la Is woven into the fabric of our national nation i life and how ganv phanes of our dally e eastern p Is 1 affect tA ty tn aviation and do you ion realize low tire ine tilt alio develop rients in ill av lation not within the lie lust last year eara but 1 1 ait NV NOW und how ciany cli condl eions tire are bon bio light slit about aili iut by bv uie aliphine ali phine almost overnight this la last 4 Is one of the die most arnaz anitz ing ilia intorf in chist subject of americas taking to the air take lale foi Ins tin till mutter of the condei nil or lilau tile space which sin selia s in antes coasts of the united stiles states li do you really w that wil lilli seventy haunt he eight behrs tile the time for dolne doing that 1111 hus liu bem been vui ui loin down from iwen ty t four d di ayt it t eighteen eln litten hours aid win utes uiel the he best div vity in to Illo tida us as toun bounding ding act Is it to vite file carver breer of i ii 11 mill man aimse life spar if aint ty t rs lma i is sean aei n till of the raplh changes chiu ies in tran n that tunit ri reduction ohp chice pi ire lie Is 0 ilni tra kleeh er of origon trail tame faille who claim tilt distinction of being tile boniv annn tn crois tile the states by ox 01 team stage conch obile und ani airplane in IS PU iu mr air sleeker il cele could lieve milieu a letter in york which after three days liy rail and twenty one hiis days liy by singe oiin coach would he ti delivered it in stir san Imn dico fiur days laser I 1 her in 1500 1800 another 0 his letters would 0 o liy by rail nill li Is two find and it half ilis days tn in st josaph ios where it would IP he tar lar ried jy y pony pon express pis in fit ell eli lit dit lay to ill trial time ten ind one liala li alf dins days in n ista n let ter traveling by bv special t nari would have hae pone gone front from new laev vork to ill sun still Fran francisco Franl risco ci lit in URI bourg or four duit dave nw and four hours if mr screler albekt r shoals mall his letter in new york edn to go TO by h file ahe regular null niall routes on estin fare faie it oula would ret get to sun in ili ito HO hours or 1 days and 18 hours honri bu if lie hp put pin till an all twill stiano tin in it us its lie he actually lid id with it letter when tile til new v live ehni air mill ri je vent bilto effect last 11 lioi irs or ove ope day di lind and 7 hours it left new york irl it would emild le be in fit the cily I 1 of the boldn sate hose deil deal avith regu regulars larl st of when dealing di lins with alint intia hii lip ilk fertile termed bpi clel effort tle tilt records ar are even better and evert eun fiore of the statement mt that hut conditions clia sim ne ovel night A re o l in crop trolis sing the continent nt wi was mittia a few years sign ago when A IL H smith ill of tile the NO new york C central t ill died ind rt it hil train wits provided to like mrs smith from los ankeles to 10 new york the trip wag fiade amsi hours bours und and 11 ini tn in 1111 kelly kell and Mic rendi made n P nonstop flight from to const coast in 26 flours tint and I 1 M for lie years yc irs that stood then one adny in ili august of till year ar art goebel set fiet wit out aiom los angeles for foi new york lie he arrived in ili IS b hours asid 18 58 minutes the lie Athin atlanta lit anti and the lie ill were 20 hours alpart tire lire hill I 1 nil iti bours aupart ant ani fact ts Is 11 of tile lip NOW na rapid ot ovin tion what U la new yet es berday Is old today toda ind and oli olete te tomorrow lip lie tween tile tittle hine till article if 1 behig written ani the time tillit you oil tire me middle it some of ill the records record i qu in it allily ma nl beau and sollie come of ill uie eints waldi tire are new now amy trull ix be old stuff lien foot the HIP of ill hip ti vialo a revord iq I 1 orin the working or of tile pe wili tle tile ivia setting ni achino ond and the newspaper lires tn ili ill the story of ills his feat into print rind it to ill who would read of it t Noth lisi Is R more lyl lical of lit the advance dance ii 01 ol avill idoll i loll bp of the alie clr mall nall service eliere wnm hildi a a 1 tv all hit ian fill tilt lie did not nn tell ill 0 sonic n w ol of this thin alce rimps ali ili most lial tanil ni rie ne willell broll gill nl biome lo lit anisi iol le file fun flir ablat avla ilon wi 11 ir of alf e wn it lif in I 1 it inet ir attori atif die nw n w tiep ani kiil rn rost roi art 1111 flat ain 1111 iliin ln 01 inci liend nl novi an ail anif t M ini innovation ilion eai ervo 0 o willett alii li boil A 0 lt 0 0 nl A A save 24 hours between new york lork and france another announcement at about that time was that a 1200 talle air mall mail line was to be opened from key west florida to porto rico giving cuba hiltl estinto domingo find and porto rico service sen ice each way three times a week and that possibly the hie service would be extended by way of the leeward and windward islands to port of spain in trinidad still another announcement at that time was the projected opening of a mile route from Keyl keywest Vest to the canal zone serving cuba mexico belize british honduras republic of honduras nicaragua lia costa rica find and the canal zone seven times a week and less than a year after Un kundys dys nonstop washington to melco city flight the air mall was pye preparing paring to follow him across the border with an air mall route of 2800 miles the longest in north america and these tire are only a few among the many of the air mall developments which came to pass last summer which tire are taking place as this Is being written an and which will be taking place when these words are road read one high spot in the series because it of offered fred an opportunity for a recapitulation of air mall mail progress was the announcement that on oil n cerasin day air mall planes ha hac flown more than alian miles or the equivalent of the distance around the earth over 35 states carrying more lhnn seven sevell en tons jf if mall exclusive of express and pais enters engers that statement ns hati hail row few others ot liers forcibly demonstrated the fact that the day of depend dependable uble air transport trims port had definitely arrived and that 11 ll was a more important factor in american social and economic life than most americans ren realize lize it served too to recall the met that this record of the mall mail planes around which this nation is building its commercial aviation was eved after many disappointments and much pioneering air transport ns as we have it today began with the efrost of the post office department to transport mall by airplane nir plane between newyork new York and washing ton ten years vears ago private capital wits MIS not nl interested and st it devolved on the government to prove the feasibility of this form of transport the post nalice expanded tile lie service as funds permitted and late in 1020 the route the hp longest single airplane route in the world was the mall wax was blown fly by lay day and mined hv by night it wits was apparent that unless night flying was war possible of mall anti and other com molit leq iby lilt could not at maximum A memorable series of if tests of night bivin over unlighted airways vvs vim revoked to in july the transcontinental tir mull mall went on oil a night flight and iny basis find the lie time finie new york to the pacific const was rut cut its n 82 hours alint marked ill the i of the present lay day ern or of 24 hours a da lav I 1 air clr dinall service private vitte espital began to show interest in taking over ibe oppi operation of mall routes and in ha it the p postmaster general was given authority to con trad tract with individuals to transport tran tron ibe lie mall on contract tills to be obtained by competitive bid on nn a poundage basis by 8 september N K 1027 um all ot of the lie routes were being oper operated tiled by private companies then began a n systematic campaign it tile lie public with the of till nil mull rind soon soom tile lie poundage poun duge carried carded annin to Ine new routes hak beair bt df in ml thi the p began to tile JOK mile a doy figure then came ill the ement that thai the lit new air lr mall gnip would hp he alve pent cents for ali ilok arst ouria and aad ten cents for euch each 4 i z 16 ounce and the public responded to it quickly now just ten years after the first mall was wall carri carried edby by day over a nille mile run between new york and washington there are 20 routes traversing in 1 35 5 states serving people directly and millions more indirectly through an air mall train hookup the planes which made only two stops ten icara years ago now drop out of the skies onto landing flegas scattered from the great lakes to the gulf and from the pacific to the atlantic cities which were veto bistani yesterday are neighbors today for air mall has reduced the size of america to the dimensions of texas when measured in terms of transportation time date I 1 over these 20 routes during the first six months of tills this year a total of letters were carried and in ili that time pounds of air mall reached its destination safely an and d on time hut but it Is not alone in terms of letters that flint the new form of transport Is so important in modern american life air transport has become a vital factor in american business and social life recent increases in tile the rate of call money have brought airplane mall into a greater huseby use bv bunks than ever eer before with call money h hovering overt n a round around 6 per cent and reaching 8 per cent in june tills this year the highest since 1021 the banks and financial institutions especially en cn the pacific coast where three days saving in transit time cun can be ninde by using air mull mall utilize lize this ills form of transportation to save interest ant and midwest hunkers bankers as well sent an increased volume of business air mall to save one or two lays days interest each day approximately in negotiable paper arrives in wall street by airplane from all over the country it lifts has been estimate that in a year capital arriving in new fork by air mall would total and interest saved by tile usei of air mall Is equivalent to ahen in interest ter la Is figured at only 2 per cent thousands of dollars monthly mon are saved by firms who use air mail to forward bollt of lading failing on nn cargoes like silk oil and rubber landed at seaboard points colorado sweet peas tire are being shipped delly by air mall find within 24 licurs liours utter sifter they ure are picket picked they are on oil sale in midd lewest florist shops Crill california fornia orchids have found enlarged markets since they could he be delivered over the airway network sentimentally inclined swains ore regular patrons of the airways in n rushing lowers flowers and nd presents to ills distant tant sweethearts such instances vf 0 f tiow flow america has baa laken to to the air to speed i up communication to business s and to take every advantage of the ties which the air nihill routes provide it he multiplied indefinitely anil and the lie end Is not yel yd fo fill jan ary 1 will see wore n ore routes route stun start operations while worl warl on oil clr ports porta to secure air mall service Is going on in all imeta of if lie country unit and the government ern ment reports CX tilt nil ports in addition to tile lie hundreds now ing tile lighting of air wis continue mill bobly there are liand land lubber un in anti prairie fit t guide the night pilot I 1 llie lie 1111 ge of lightel airway being abeln aw 7 nilles and I titling to light lmh more nilles mills have liven been nind for tills this flaval fiscal year the alie dry of if HIP mall Is here alm ilm post 0 bilu 14 on olf I inis toli pre erect ct chait aliv new pitr niall rail rules wil so S tile the use lisp nf if air clr flint in ill it rewe irr practically nil all first riv daimi i ss lit nihill ill will afi it ill fix air jut list it turned to file lie frain biti ri that mert m ert method silenced the 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