THE AIRWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 83, 6 January 1928, Page 10

THE AIRWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES

The present air network in the United States, as shown above, comprises 24 mail airways in operation or under contract for mail operation before the end of 1927, in additio n to the Army “Model Airway airways pioposed, and commercial airways not carrying mail. The 24 mail con tract routes cover 1.1,170 miles; furnish air service to 65,677,209 people within the trading areas, and include 7 5 station stops- The longest single route is the Chicago- ' San Francisco, of 1894 miles. Express as well as mail no wis being carried over 4686 miles of the above network, on an arrangement between contractors and the American Ba ilway Express Company. This service is available over (lie Boston-New York route, the Transcontinental “trunk line,” i.e., New York-Chicago and Chicago-San Francisco, also Chicago-Fort Worth-Dallas and Salt Lake City-Los Ange les. Passenger service is offered by routes which cover nearly 6000 miles of the network, including the Transcontinental. The Army “Model Airway,” shown on the map, Is the oldest and the first long-distance passenger line in the United; States. Established in 1922, it stretches across 4383 miles, serving Air Corps activities in 35 cities. It i s used for cross-country training, also for transfer of personnel and urgent material from post to post. A million miles have been flown over this route with but one fatality.