SEAPLANES (Continued) Speed for 1,000 kilometers (621.369 miles) (International)-Speed 403.424 km. p. h. (250.676 m. p. h.) AMPHIBIANS (Class C3) Distance, Airline (International)-2,300.860 kilometers (1,429.685 miles)-Maj. Gen. F. M. Andrews and crew, U.S., from San Juan, Porto Rico, to Langley Field, Va., June 29, 1936. (United States)--same. Altitude (International)—7,605 meters (24,950.712 feet)-Boris Sergievsky, u. s., Stratford, Conn.. April 14, 1936. (United States)-same. Maximum speed (International)-Speed 370.814 km. p. h. (230.413 m. p. h.)-A. P. de Seversky, Speed for 100 kilometers (62.137 miles) (International)-speed 337.079 km. p. h. (209.451 m. p. h.) Speed for 1,000 kilometers (621.369 miles) (International)---speed 299.461 km. p. h. (186.076 m. p.h.) F. A. I. COURSE RECORDS (First category, solo) London to Capetown, Africa (International)-Speed 244.876 km. p. h. (152.159 m. p. h.)-A. Hen- Capetown, Africa, to London (International)-Speed 243.745 km. p. h. (151.456 m. p. h.)-A Henshaw, Great Britain, Feb. 7-9, 1939. Elapsed time: 39 hrs., 36 mins. Havana to Washington, D. C. (International)-Speed 376.512 km. p. h. (233.953 m. p. h.)-Col. A. P. F. A. I. COURSE RECORDS (Second category) New York to London (International)-Speed 272.345 km. p. h. (169.227 m. p. h.)-Henry T. Merrill NATIONAL TRANSCONTINENTAL AND INTER-CITY RECORDS East to West-A. P. de Seversky, from Brooklyn to Burbank, Cal., Aug. 29, 1938. Distance, 2.457 Miami, Fla. to New York-Howard R. Hughes, April 21. 1936. Distance, 1,087 miles; elapsed time, Chicago to Los Angeles-Howard R. Hughes, May 14, 1936. Elapsed time; 8 hrs., 10 mins., 29.8 secs. FEMININE RECORDS (AIRPLANES-Class C) Altitude (International)-14,310 meters (46,948.725 feet)-Mrs. Maryse Hilz, France, June 23, 1936. Speed, maximum (International)- Speed 470.365 km. p. h. (292.271 m.p.h.) Jacqueline Cochran, U. S.. Speed for 100 kilometers (International)--Speed 470.896 km. p. h. (292.600 m. p. h.)-Jacqueline Speed for 1,000 kilometers (621.369 miies) (International)-Speed 492.341 km. p. h. (305.926 m. p. h.). Speed for 2,000 kilometers (1,242.739 miles) (International)--Speed 533.847 km, p. h. (331.716 m. p. n.), Jacqueline Cochran, Mt. Wilson-Mesa Giganta, N. M.-Mount Wilson, Calil., course, April 6, 1940. (United States)-same. FEMININE NATIONAL TRANSCONTINENTAL AND INTER-CITY RECORDS East to West-Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes, from Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, N. Y.. to Mexico City to Washington, D. C.-Amelia Earhart, May 8, 1935. Elapsed time, 13 hrs. 1 GLIDERS Distance, Airline (International)-749.203 kilometers (465.532 miles)-0. Klepikova, U. S. S. R., from Moscow to Otradnoie, region of Stalingrad, July 6, 1939. (United States)-423.258 kilometers (263.000 miles)-Woodbridge P. Brown, from Wichita Falls, Tex., to Wichita, Kans., June 6, 1939. Distance with return to point of departure (International)-Boris Kimelman, U. S. S. R., July 23, 1939), 342.370 kilometers (212.738 miles). * Duration with return to point of departure (International)--36 hrs., 35 mins., Kurt Schmidt, Germany, Aug. 3-4, 1933. (United States) --21 hrs., 34 mins., Lieut. William A. Cocke, Jr., Hawaii, Dec. 17-18. 1931. Altitude above Starting Point (International)-6,838 meters (22,434.338 feet)-Erwin Ziller, Germany. Nov. 21, 1938. (United States)-5.262 meters (17.263.743 feet)--Robert M, Stanley, Elmira, N. Y., July 4, 1939. HELICOPTERS Duration, closed circuit (International)-1 hr., 20 mins., 49 secs.-Ewald Rohlfs, Germany, June 25. 1937. Distance, airline (International)-230.248 kilometers (143.069 miles)-Karl Bode, Germany, June 20, FREE BALLOONS (Eighth category, 4001 meters or more) Distance (International)-3,052.7 kilometers (1,896.856 miles), Berliner, Germany, Feb. 8, 9, 10, 1914. (United States)-1,887.6 kilometers (1,172.898 miles), A. R. Hawley, St. Louis, Mo., to Lake Tschotogama, Canada, Oct. 17, 1910. Altitude (International)-22,066 meters (72,394.795 feet)-Capt. Orvil Anderson and Capt. Albert Stevens, United States, take-off approximately 11 miles southwest of Rapid City, s. D., landing approximately 12 miles south of White Lake, S. D., Nov. 11, 1935. *Indicates no United States record has been established. The 16 States can Aircraft, Gliders, Pilots and Glider Pilots in U. S. Source: Civil Aeronautics Administration; data are as of July 1, 1941 Pilots Saw مبر Alabama. 152 1 134 3 798 935 Arizona. 130 1 70 1 517 588 Arkansas, 171 98 2 824 9241 Calllornia, 2,174 88 2,262 47 178 1,885 45 7,857 9,965 18 Colorado 220 24 1,109 1,260 Connecticut. 244 2 131 583 721 Delaware. 123 30 177 211 District of Columbia. 258 134 522 667 Florida. 499 1,324 1.859 Georgia 326 330 1,013 1,325 Idaho. 103 60 665 727 Illinois. 1,221 571 25 3,038 3,838 Indiana. 622 24 6-16 4 267 19 1.682 1,971 Iowa. 468 5 209 9 1,659 1,882 Kansas 469 24 493 1 201 3 1,814 2,019 Kentucky 157 10 167 1 68 1 438 508 Louisiana. 252 13 147 6 1,073 1,239 Maine. 174 2 1 8 360 451 Maryland 308 3 124 8 764 899 Massachusetts, 503 30 318 15 1,592 1,955 Michigan.. 895 20 915 23 30 357 18 2,755 3,160 27 Minnesota 512 39 551 2 53 261 15 1.435 1.764 Mississippi 143 89 574 663 Missouri 602 14 616 1 3 2,103 2,680 640 719 Nebraska 192 10 202 1 988 1,111 Nevada 66 25 213 238 New Hampshire. 80 42 297 344 New Jersey 625 7 22 338 12 1,590 1,962 New Mexico. 120 47 2 479 529 New York, 1,610 14 1,624 17 258 1,069 38 4,400 5,765 35 North Carolina. 432 1 North Dakota. 121 13 134 54 2 535 591 Ohio. 1,174 22 1,196 3 16 514 33 3,014 3.577 Oklahoma 443 348 8 1,739 2,095 Oregon 268 21 1,127 1,293 Pennsylvania. 2,163 3 13 Rhode Island. 164 2 40 1 South Carolina 202 3 768 861 South Dakota. 103 56 1 520 578 Tennessee. 285 23 201 1,255 1,482 Texas. 1,237 41 1.278 163 847 4,475 5,493 Utah. 99 645 763 Vermont 69 30 255 287 Virginia. 374 8 977 1.222 Washington 374 1,757 2.121 West Virginia 196 1 103 9 833 946 Wisconsin. 427 1,322 Wyoming 80 18 301 358 Alaska 170 113 84 199 Canada 1 50 27 85 Canal Zone 21 19 41 Hawaiian Islands. 40 62 181 247 Mexico! 2 5 7 Philippine Islands 1 14 8 22 Puerto Rico. 23 10 31 41 Foreign, Miscellaneous i. 7 31 130 3161 1,5101 12,583 421 67,763 82,277 145 1 Figures for these countries are for aircraft and pilots registered by the United States. : Civil aircraft in the Philippine Islands are now registered with the local government. 3 Includes 54 certificated and 107 uncertificated gliders. * Includes 2,733 women pllots divided as follows: 154 commercial, 17 limited commercial, and 2,562 private. 4,109 204 90 372 403 Domestic Aviation Gains in 1941 The 16 scheduled airline operators in the United started and 96.03 per cent of those started were States carried 3,423,454 passengers during the fiscal completed. The modernly equipped Federal Airways year ended June 30, 1941. as compared with System embraces a nation-wide network of 30.913 3,368, 196 for the previous year. During the first miles, as compared with 29,745 on June 30, 1940, six months of 1941 the American-operated ma- and 2.000 miles in 1926. chines carried 460,974 more passengers than during There were (July 1, 1941) 2,277 airports and the corresponding period in 1940, and flew 12,283,- landing fields in the country, of which 1,035 were 198 more miles. During the fiscal year 121,083,634 municipal, 795, commercial, 282 Civil Aeronautics miles were flown. Authority, 27 Naval, 74 Army and 64 in the miscelPlanes in operation (June 30, 1941) numbered laneous classification. There were no auxiliary 365, furnishing employment to 17,221 persons--994 airports or fields. Of the total 690 were fully or pilots, 1,055 co-pilots, 4,354 mechanics and riggers, partially lighted. There are 56 airplane airports 2,070 other field personnel, 6,504 office personnel. and seaplane bases designated as airports through 840 stewardesses and 115 stewards, 1,091 unclassi. which aircraft arriving in the United States from fied and 198 dispatchers. The domestic airlines foreign countries can clear customs and immigracarried 3,145.970 revenue passengers during the tion. fiscal year and revenue passenger miles was 1,174,- American-operated alr transport routes (June 30. 835,023. Express carried was 15,097,150 pounds. 1941) embraced a mileage of 42.522 domestic, not The domestic lines started 208,461 out of 219,580, including territorial and foreign. Air passengers scheduled trips and in addition flew 9.587 extra paid an average of 5.03 cents per mile. The sections. Of the scheduled trips 95.15 per cent were average number carried per plane was about 10.75 Airplane Landing Facilities in United States Source: Civil Aeronautics Administration; data are as of July 1, SEAPLANE BASES AND ANCHORAGES 1941 Alabama.. 2 85 19 23 11 43 29 15 15 1 056143373B2D643515四453 తెలుగులుంసం.లో ఉలలుndo0010-0-04-24--004. Thంటెంట్-0 8 5 29 33 38 75 46 22 12 30 39 94 34 30 109 51 30 107 3 1 10 51 13 6 2 9 11 2 38 18 3 3 10 20 65 1 6 11 24 12 20 27 23 19 34 1 13 16 10 66 14 9 15 30 9 14 10 3 69 2 2 24 6 11 20 1 53 23 3 1 10 1 17 23 1 20 10 1 Source: National Safety Council. The award is given annually to airlines operating Lines: Group B: Pennsylvania-Central Airlines, the greatest number of passenger miles in re Braniff Airways: Group C: Continental Air Lines, spective groups, without fatality to passenger Inland Air Lines. Group A, more than 100.000.000: Group B, between 1939-Group A: American Airlines, Eastern Air Lines; Group B: Pennsylvania-Central Airlines, 10,000,000 and 100,000,000; Group C, less than Northwest Airlines, Group C: Continental Air 10,000,000 passenger miles annually. Lines, 1936--Group A: Eastern Air Lines: Group B: 1940_Group A: American Airlines, Eastern Air Northwest Airlines, Pennsylvania-Central Airlines. Lines; Group B: Northwest Airlines, Branisl Air 1937-Group A: American Airlines, Eastern Air ways: Group C: Inter- Island Airways. Special Lines: Group B: Northwest Airlines, Pennsylvania- Trustees' Safety Award to American Airlines for Central Airlines. operating more than one billion passenger miles 1938—Group A; American Airlines, Eastern Air without fatality to passenger or crew. Fatalities in Aviation by Years Scheduled NonOperation Scheduled Year (Domestic) Operation Miles Flown Per Pass. Fatality 1930 1,333,026 508.309 1931 1.710.217 604,763 1932 2,400,334 587,810 6,096,444 552,115 Source: Civil Aeronautics Authority Scheduled NonOperation Scheduled Operation Scheduled Year (Domestic) Operation Year (Domestic) Operation Miles Flown Per Pass. Fatality Miles Flown Per Pass. Fatality 1934 2,409, 141 500,677 1938 2.786,753 1,124,862 1935 3.692,024 847.556 1939 9.174.614 1.279,627 1936 1.449.482 784,205 1940 3,108,584 2,146,341 1937 1,651,788 921,396 Progress of Aviation in the United States, 1935-1940 Source: U. S. Civil Aeronautics Authority; figures are as of Dec. 31 each year Scheduled Air-Carrier Operations Av. no. seats per plane (dom.)! Total. Accidents: Domestic: Number of accidents Mlles flown per accident.. Fatal accidents. Mlles down per fatal accident. Fatal accid, per 1,000,000 mi.. Pilot fatalitles.. Mlles flown per pilot latality. Copilot tatallties. Crew latal. (other pllot,copilot) Passenger tatallties.. Pass, miles per pass. fatality Ground crew, third party fatal Passenger fatalities per 100,000,000 pass, miles flown... Total fatalities. Fatallties per 1,000,000 miles. Foreign and territorial: Number of accidents. Miles down per accident.. Fatal cidents. Miles flown per fatal accident Plot fatalities. Mlles flown per pilot fatality Copilot fatalities. Fatal acci. 1,000,000 miles. Crew fatal. (other than pilot copilot). copilot). 000 passenger-elles flown flow..... Pounds (domestic). Ton-inlles (domestic) Oil, gallons. 5 8 1,966,909 1,416,482 2 1 4,917,272 11,331,858 1 1 9,834,544 11,331,858 1 1 0.20 0.09 11 1,035,391 3 3,796,433 3 3,796,433 3 0.26 6 1,400,757 1 8,404,540 1 8,404,540 1 0.12 0 21 Operators (number of): 23 16 Foreign and territoriali. 7 8 Total. 527 522 Passenger-miles flown (1 pas enger carried 1 mile): Domesticl revenue 279,375,902 388,242,120 407,295,893 476,402,280 677,672.955 1,041,173,558 Domestic, i rev. and non-rey, 313,905,508 435,740,253 476.603,165 557,719,268 749,787,096 1.147,444,948 Foreign, territ., rev., nonrey.. 48,465,412 58,543,618 76,045,424 77,836,916 785,031,146 2117,719,111 Total.. 362,370,920 494,283,871 552,648,589 635,556,184 834,818,242 1,265,164,059 Passengers carried: Domestic, revenue, 663,261 911,148 958,510 1,176,858 1,717,090 2.727,820 Domestic, rev. and nonrev.. 746.946 1,020,931 1,102.707 1,343,427 1,876.051 2,959,450 Foreign, terri.,' rev., nonrev.. 127,170 145,112 187,028 192.684 2168,970 $225,798 Total.. 874,116 1,166,043 1,289,735 1,536,111 2,045,021 3,185,278 Passenger seat-miles flown (domestic) 572,546,530 680,708,230 828,188,184 949,421,755 1,207,869,577 1,797.329,431 Passenger load factor: Domestici revenue (per cent). 48.80 57,04 49.18 50.18 56.10 57.93 Domestic! rev., nonrev. (pct.) 54.83 63.84 Pass. fare (av. per ml.) (dom.) $0.057 $0.057 $0.056 $0.057 $0.051 $0.0506 Pay rate of: Mech, av, month (dom.)!.. $149 Pilots, av. month (dom.) 1. $541 $678 Copilots, av, month (dom.). $206 $237 Personnel employed (domes tic, foreign, and territorial) 2,618 5,409 Pilots 656 1,046 Copilots. 339 1,232 Stewards and Stewardesses, 212 1,040 Other hangar & field personnel 1,518 4,249 Operation & office personnel.. 3.008 3,723 9,080 22,056 91.49 96.02 94.88 94.85 92.59 91.07 427 388 Private Flying Operations (All dorpestic) Airplanes in operation (certincated and uncertificated).... 8,613 8.849 10,446 10.718 12,274 16,903 1.882 3,446 Miles flown per accident. 55,871 54,959 53,832 68,735 81,778 76,610 Number of fatal accidents. 164 208 Miles flown per fatal accident 516.803 586.921 557,818 752,088 916,846 1,269,231 Pilot fatalities 134 183 Copilot or student fatalities. 19 18 Passenger fatalities. 100 123 Aircraft crew fatal (other than 6 1 pilot, co-pilot, or student) 2 1 2 262 327 Miles flown per pilot fatality 632,505 717,849 678.923 917,440 1.104,771 1,442,623 Miles flown per pass. fatal.. 847,556 784,205 921,396 1,124,862 1,279,627 2,146.341 Fuel (consurned): Gasoline, gallons.. 11,104,259 10,451,496 10,618,240 10,201,053 16,394,335 22,400,000 Oil, gallons.. 334,420 316,502 310,851 287.875 460,189 660,000 Miles flown.. 84,755,630 93,320,375 103,196,355 129,359,095 177,868,157 264,000,000 |
