Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1935, Page 94

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—SEPTEMBER 22, 1935. Getting There by Air © Photos by Capt. Fred Alvin Jones, pilot. WASHINGTON'S GATEWAY TO THE AIR. In an - - e ' OFF FOR FLORIDA. Just seven hours of clean, ever increasing stream these days travelers are passing - e . S comfortable travel in this air giant and you're getting through Washington Airport as they ride the modern 3 ps : o o out at Miami—faster than any bird can wing it. air giants plying the skyways to all points of the compass. POWER PLUS. A 714-horsepower Wright Cyclone engine drives the Hamilton controll- able pitch propeller Left: NERVE CENTER OF THE AIR- WINGING OUT OF WASHINGTON. East- LINE. Radio control tower at the Newark ward the airliner takes its course to New York. - o Airport, through which contact can be and the passenger gets this impressive parting e maintained constantly with planes in the view of Capitol Hill and downtown Washington. air A SILVER STREAK IN THE SKY. Right. STRAIGHT INTO THE The Chicago Flyer of the Eastern Air SUN. This is how you see it Lines passing over a storm cloud as it when you're flying 12,000 feet eats up distance at 150 miles an hour. up to “jump” a late-day thun- derstorm. ! { L : Left. NOSE OF MODERN AIR FUELING AND MOTOR INSPECTION i- s n?lédr}]ofl};{elwllgrisor?g?el? rzi{eliuflsrxgadlz)ofokm%ag?wn ; MONSTER. Like embedded eyes can Air Line Southerner gets the ro%tihe'r:eerv?c?egt St inotie 5111 rdermios Evkill A ep oo Phai?adel ksrn . ; are the headlights in the stream- Washington Airport on a regular passenger stop. Motors \ T over phia. " N b ¥ lx_n;{d nose of this big Douglas are carefully checked before the ship takes the air again " ; airliner. i