Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume VI, Number 1, 4 Mei 1933 — TRANSATLANTIC AIR LINE LINKS TWO CONTINENTS [ARTICLE]

TRANSATLANTIC AIR LINE LINKS TWO CONTINENTS

Sliding down the map 1,804. miles from Ōie biīlging west coast of upper Africa .to tfte pro~jecting northeastern tip of South \ America a flying boBt : wsff soon iinaugurate the worWs first reg- | ulany - scheduled traosatlantic airline. This aenal i«:idge acro«s the South Atlantie wlll link Bathurst, just west the Bahara, in British Gambia, with Pernambuco, south of the Aaaiazon in Brazil. It wlll "clip nltte days from the traveling time between Berlin, Germany, aad Rio d£ Janeiro, Brazil. / . At first the big maxMr&s on a biweekly scheduie, WIH carry orUy mail and es£ress, tater passengers will bfe &«g<srisemtēd well. Behind the proJect lies more than three y©ars of intensive preparation by the Lufthansa, the great air tfaj«portation organization of Oermany. Whiie German Shipe Will be the first to shuttte baek and forth in an air se*vice the South Atlantic, fche pl&ftes of other nations will be clbse behkid. Both France and ītaly have entered the rac6 ajid Stfhla writing are putting ftoishing touches on planes for simil&*linfcs across the se4 -tr goutli America.

Four iarge flying boats are practically completed in French factories for use in a trāSSSSAlantic ahline whieh Will coftftect Paris with Buenos Aires, 8,200 miles away in the jCjii this route. the hop__offfjor the oeean crossing will Wm&āe the African coast- at pakai", oH Oape Verde. a huntfred mSe6 north of Bathurst.

The most oi the Qerman planl£ len," a 6,000-ton*:tf orth Lloyd liner. whleh f?utse circles 900 miles and act as a refuelirig muōK"' 3 «Ad ret>air depot In uūd-ooe'aj( The ve&sel will carry tools, spare parts, iuel and oil. Expert ,i&eeha»ics wlll st<and ready to'cep%ir or tune up incoming ,a.t, & mon\ent's noUee. R§4lq wMi the air iiners wlth &h9Se. anu will f urnish pliiiuek , with houriy weaihei' reperjte, ,agw| ia navigatkHi of th£ on this 1,800-miie iie® ovis the SouUi Ai,iantic.—P&M, . .