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HE f,rst il\spirin~ c1Llph'r in .til c history of "viLimerick village of F ('ynes ann ncw,pal"'rmr:-n lllSTOHY representing the press of th" Wo rld were there to retell the story, the giant Pan Anwrican Airways Sikor',ky Clippcr III hlawn in acco;s the Atlantic ,~nd landed the quiet waters of th,. Shannon amid gn-"t. ORGANJZATION II" chN:r!; fmrn til(' crowds. This was ;hc f,rst cornm"ccial aircraft ever 10 arrive in lrchnn from the l lnil<'oi St.ates ,)f .'\mericCl. Not onl" was th:, PEIISONNEL achi"vern('llt of this Clipper hif: news ill lr('\a nd, hnt it ranI( ';). nl1le pf prid" in the h eart o f e\'ITV Trish n"me in the United States. The crllwd haJ every rcason to cheCI. fnr Captain lIarold Cra),. Pilot of thc Clippcl. han lJriclg..d the Atlantic in what was then thc remarkable tillle of 11 hou r" ane! 40 Illinutcs. 'filat was" memorablc Imperial Airways Flying Boat' 'Caledonia" look ,) fl on the lirst westbound lIight to BotwO()[I. N"wfoundlantl, tyill/-: th(: kllot in mid-Atlantic wh~n C;ll'lain \Vilcockson and Captaill Cray of ihp. (lip!'('r gr,' c\cd tach other by radio Io'\P.l'hone ut a I\t'ight of ;limost 'J .ooo fCd. All th"t was nine years ago and SO "~gan Pan Am,-rican Airways histo'y in frdann. One Org:1niz.llion·~ After thest' pirlOe~ring efforts. thr-f(' was a period which to th~ Contribution to th" Gmwth 0 : olltsid~r scemed a lull . Tn r~ulit y it w;,,; .lviaLion gaining its s~I ' ol,,1 wind . Ex r ~l't for a f~w colourful appt'arancl's of tilt' famolls Mayo-Mercllry Civil Aviation in Ir"l3nd cOl:l I,inatiC'n. Foynes scldOlll was hpard of. Dming this p"riod €'xI,t'rls were worl'ing alit f.h~ Illilltitude of plans and details that wer~ tw e; Y( 'ars later In culminate in ~,"olhH trillmph wlt"n on the mornilll( oj AT,ril the 11th. I C).ll). Pan American Airways were again vis tors to tl", Sh.lr"I(ln Estuary. This tilllO> it w"s a r ~lItrn v isit fo r Captain Tlan)ld Gray "n,~ th~ initial Visit for Ihe falllolls " Yank,"" Clipper." lir,I' nf tl,p ncw hlxuri"", 50-p.18senKcr Boeing se;tplanc Clippns which ..... "'.. to p"wt­ Ih,~ satety and I'r;;ct.icalitr (If over-oeran comlHNc ial ;lir ,prvicc. Thes<' huge '1'l-ton C1lppe" were ,1esign~d cspecb.lly foc Pan American Airways. whose' ~ngilleers workt-" in the factory all dllring tht' devt-Iopmr·nt and con~trllC1i(ln pt'riu<.\ . TI' rse same Cli ppers Iud al"'lish,,d th,. Tran~ · P at" irl (, :lir !;t"rvice. •

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Generdl Agent. anJ Sal•• Off,ce: UNITED STATES l 115, GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN.

AJrninisrr;trive anJ OpHation.>1 ORic •.s : SHANNON AIRI co- CLARE _ ,1 August, 1946.

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But two mOllth, latf'r th,· li"t I"al mil(·"t,,",· was (' .. cri ed ill Ireland 's traffic . Th..y W '''-(; right. Quoting all Irish daily ''''IV'p.'llcr datdill~d history 01 aviation wh(;n 'ln the 28th of June tl,,· P,," ..\llIericall i\irways SUI"lay , Sq'tl'llll>t' r 10th . J!J4.'i , th~ h(',,,llill"s n ·ad , " I' i"t COllllnercial .. Yankf'c Clipper" arrived cilrn' llll; the first Air "'hil and passengers Lal,,1 Plan~ i\t \{ill('anna, " " I'all Americall 01'1' ''' Atlant;" Trallir. " "ver to he tak('n hy ,li r from tl", Unitt,,! Stat!'s tl' (n·lalld . It was t he Alldthl'r Irish daily 1\('\\':-;p;q>t.' 1' IH: gan its III ' W ::; slory .. Ail' Tr

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'f hv tkvdopmt'ut of lht' aiq)nrt lna(h, rapid ~tridcs Jnlln tl!;11 t\ ;,,' [drill , Shannon Airport, that it Wil~ J1t'c('~:-.;~ rv t Ll ltugnH' llt gn'atly t lll·ir ulrt'udy larg" number (J! local 1"·rs,,,,"<'1. Th..,... was little difficulty ill sd~t'lilll( 4ua\iti.-.1 ajJl'lil'allts Bv now, with th~ experienc" of \\'i\r IJchind them , ilv :

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Anxious to provide the best service available to their passengers, like, a geography lesson Shannon to Lisbon ; Shannon to nrussds, Pan American Airways began during the war years to work and plan, with Prague and Vienna; Sh~\rlnon to New York, lkrOluda and Hio de Janeiro. the Lockheed Aircraft engineers, for the most efficient comlOercial Looking South you can fly to Dakar. West Africa, Liheria dnd on down utilization of the new Constellations. In J..nuary, 1946, the tir,t to the Belgian Congo. Later the service w,lI be fOlltinuetl lo Johannesburg Constellation Clipper was put into service on the Bermuda lun, cutting Looking \Vest, of course, the whole Continent uf America 's at t he toot previous flight schedules in half. On January 26th the first Pan Amt,i~'"n of your gangway, with the rich wonders of Central and South Amt"ricll Constellation Clipper arrived at Shannon Airport. A number of gucSl~ beyolld. Soon the Clippers now going to Vicnnd w,lI continu" through from all parts of Irelancl were invited ll)' Pan American ttl attend several Turkey and Syria to India where they will be linked with serviccs in Chilla courtesy flights of the new Clipp"r from the Airport on that day. Although and around the world to the Pacif,c islands and the United States. complete fulfilm~nt .)f the courtesy flight plans were mt·lievt·d woul,1 1)(' a iuturt .-...~ ... --_-r-- --. -•.-;--.....,... International Airport for Ireland. To-day thl' fort·sight and planning of these men ha9 cume true.

ORGANIZATION IlE .Iocal urganil.ation that has bet' ll S(·'lu"llt On th<: ~th 01 FdHnarv. Pan Americalt Airw"ys olwralt,l the first ,\irports. :'-IlIn11al 'chedule permits 4 .~ minutes I,)f tl,,· (lil'll"r 10 be ;.t :ommprcial trans-Atlantic Constellation flight, thus i.Jringing to traI1 ~ ­ Shannon in which time fueling, loading and servicillg must .b" complc({;d, Atlantic passen);,'rs the finest in over-ocean flying. The u~e of these new as well as the needs of the pa.ssengers catered to. Clippers was rapidly expanded and by March all s('[vices were op"rateJ The [raffic del'artmt'Ot is the only s/'etion with whirh th" ordin:lry with this newer anJ faster air~raft and Pan American Airways Allantic lravellt;l comes in contact. This includes Supervisors, Passengn Sl'rviCl', Di vision bcca:ne the nnit all-Constellation airli,,,,. Commisoary and Hrscrva tions, under the Station Traffic 1>1<1 ""g~r, who But greater things were yet to comf' from tlw CO'Ltdlation, and is re~p()lIsible for Traffic in all of Ireland. Pan American Arrw'lys have its four 2 . ~OO horsepower engines. ,\ Const,·lla tion Clipl'tr on June 15ti, deltgated the responsibility 01 handlillg "II the man)' Traffic dillies set up a new startling record for the Atlantic cr

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IRISH PERSONNEL which confront a visitur tu this l'olllltrr and" lla\',:lIn 'II general. Mothers with children are among the mo,t willing n 'cipients uf assistance July, 1946, from the girls, Name. lIome, Position . The Commissary Supervi~ur and his assistallt Port Stewards krep the Airport restaurant acquaintt'd with the number and t ype of mea l5 Anderson, Dorothy Drogheda, Co, Louth Passenger Service Representative neces!>ary anu the food requireml'nt5 til bl' put on LJoaru the Clipper for Baker, Carmel Dun Laoghaire, Stenographer service of meals in flight , Co. Dublin Reservations co-ordinates thl' hookings m_de by I'as>: cllgers t1110ugh Browne, Patrick Charleville, Co, Cork Driver travel agents in Ireland which chanllel througll Unit(-d :;lales Lilies, ) 15 Burke, Patrick Whitegate, Co. Oare Assistant Operations Officer Grafton Street, Dublin, who are Pall AIIll'fican \\"Jfld Airways (;enerai Cain, Maura Drumcondra, Co_ DublinPaSlenger s..-rvice Repruentative Corbett, Blaithin Ballinacurra, Limerick Stenographer Traffic Agents, In "ther words, pmspective Clipper p" ss~ngrrs apply to Cu.sen, James Newcastlewest, Local Mechanic the nearest Pan Am,'rican travel a~el\ t or direct to United Stat~s Lil'es, Co. Limerick Dublin, for a seat to wherever they I"'sire to go , H~sf>rvatiolls are responsible for seeing tha t as 1I\any scats a ., requ ired an, "lIo\tt'd on the Culligan, Marie Ennis, Co. Clare Passenger Service Representa tive Clipper for passengers frum Irela nd , The Salrs Ht'prt'Sl'nlative for Pan Conway, Daniel Foynes, Co, Limerick Local Mechanics Helper Darragh, Nial Rathmine., Dublin Assistant Operation. Officer Amt:'rican works with U,S, Li llI'S ill their "fficf> to a~,ist thelll and other Deacon, Florence Castleblunden, Stenographer travel agents in g iving the ucst and \atl'st service to "II prospective Co, Kilkenny Clipper passengers. Dundon, Thomas A, Mallow Street, Limerick Local Mechanic Two of the drpartments wh" do hi~hly import""t work oehilld Flynn, Patricia Shanagolden, Co, Limk, Stenographer the scenes and for that reasoll COllle littlt- into tIl(' public t'ye are Fitzgibbon, Maeve Limerick City Stenographer Operations and Maintl:'nance . Gaynor, Arthur Ball.bridge, Dublin Assistant Operation. Officer Opt'fations 011" known as tl ... 1I 1' i v,'-c"nt ct' Ilf th., Sr,lt""nl. Th"ir Gore, John Foynes, Co. Limerick Mail Clerk primary duty is to ensur(' thl' S"r.'tl' of aircraft " loft "lid Oil til(' groulld. Grahame, Mary C. Moylish, Limerick Passenger Service Repruentative Tra nsmitted to them throllgh th" Irish C;OVt'r11Il1I'llt Kut:o Statiull at .. Henry, Angela Clonmel, Co. Tipperary Pauenger Service Repruentativ. Ballygirreen from all int ~rn:lt : '>I\a l ;u'porh ill the ' '\llalltic ,,"J I::uropean Howlett, Randal Limerick City Assistant Port Steward area anJ prepared for them by the Ilt'l'artll\('nt of Illdustry illlJ ('omlJ1l'r,; <. Hickey, Edward Balybunion, Co. Kerry Mechanics Helper Meteorological Section art: complHI' weather alld night dilta, Frnlll til:s Hely ,Hutchinlon, David Swords, Co, Dublin Local Mechanic is ddermlllCd the saf~st alld b.-Il"t rout i,,;.: of airnaft. Thl: lorecastt'd Kennedy . Michael J. William St., Limerick Storekeeper winds establish the length ()f lIight , for wh'r!. pl'trol is IIl" ded to incluJe ... Kirwan, Hell'" Monkstown, Co. Dublin Passenger s..-rvice R~presentative a rigid safety reserve, The wl·ight lelllaillillg Ilt-termillC~ tht' quantity uf Kirwan, Elizabeth Monk.town, Co, Dublin Passenger s..-rvice Representative pas~ e ng ers, mail and Ireight which lIIay h( , ilccolnJ;JodHed, In addition Little, Brendan Borri., Co. C.rlow Assistant Operations Officer a careful "Bight watcl," is main(;lill('c\ by highly traineJ, licensed Lynam, Oliver Mullingar, Co. West­ Ani.tant Operations Officl'r dispatchers and their as,ist"nt" 1 .1 hOHrs a day, O il all Pan Americall meath Clippers arriving at or del'arl;"g 11'0111 :;h,,,moll Airport, The assistant Lyons, James Clonmel, Ca, Tipperary Drivl'r operations per50nnel are ex-Irish An"y Officers, who are studying t u becomc McCarthy, Edwin Adare, Co, Limerick Local Mechanic certitied Aircraft dispatchers, licellsed by th" Civil Aer(1nautic~ Authority McCormack, William Buncrana, Co, 1)""egal A..iatant Operation. Officer ill America, Their work is of a techllical uature cov.. ring Mdeorology, McCloskey, Frank Oerry City Local Mechanic. Helper Communications. Navigation, Cruising COlltrol and \v~ight distribution , McNally, Liam Foyn"" Co. Limerick Driver McNally, Christopher Ad3re, Co. Limerick Driver In Maintenance we find the men who Ste ~hat every Pan American McNamu., William Adare, Co. Limerick Clipper leaving Shannon is n1echanically tuned to the last ne te of Driver Mooney, Daniel Limerick City perfection. Most Clippers have a stop-over time of thrcl·- quarters of an Local Mechanics Helper Mull:g.:tn, Richard Yough,l, Co. Cork Port Steward hour at Sha nnon, but in that time tht:'se men go through every detail O ' Brien, Paul Bllllinacurra, Limerick of the intricate mechanism, The plant: is fuelt:'d, tested and any minor s"rvice Officer O'Brien, Colm Limerick City Assi5tan t Storekeeper necessary adjustments made, There arc usually six men in a crew unde r O ' Leary, Patrick Kilmainham, Dublin a sl:'nior engineer, three Americans and three Irish. Each mun has his Local Mechanic O'Shea, Michael Cobh, Co. Cork Alli.tant Storekeeper uwn particular responsibility to il!tend to, even down to the man who Pringle, Harry Clones, Co, Monaghan ensurell that the water supply 011 the plalle is satisfactory, As the giant Aui.tant Operations Otficer Penny, William Foyne., Co. Limerick Local Mechanic Clippen come to life, one engine after t he other, they slanJ '"Ie1 watch Quinn, Michael Ormond Quay, Dublin Local Mechanic it carefully until it takes off and nothillg out a sp,'ck u r a pin puint of Quinlan, Arthur J. Rathmines, Dublin Press Relation. Assi.unt light remainw in the sky, Quinn, Otarle. Omagh, Co. Tyrone Local Mechanic Thi. entire organizatioll C'jrtles under th e administration of the Reville, Gerrard C. Howth, Co. Dublin Allistant Operation. Officer Station Manager anJ his Assistant whose responsioihty it is to develop South, John Noel Roxboro, Limerick A.sistant Pott Steward and organize the services of Pan American Airways ill Ireland, The Scally, Patience Donnybrook, Dublin Stenographft main administrative offices are at the Shannon Airport. , t

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AMERICAN PERSONNEL ­ IRELAND. july , 1946.

Namp . Home. Position . jesse Boynton Baltimore, Maryland Station Manager William Marshall Gilmer, Texas Assistant Stat'lOn MJnager DISTANCES Lester Fennel Los Angeles, Calif. District Meteorologist FROM -"pi \.. :3:.::> Eugene Kelly Boston, Mau. Airport Co-ordin3lor C\(. 'y ~ \", Robert Dowley Worcester, Mass_ Station Traffic Manager i~~RT ~~, \ -\ \ james Rice Long Island, N.Y. TrJffic Supervisor I------@I ' ';: Fergus Kelly New York, N.Y. Traffic Supervisor Frank Herstine New Brunswick, N.j. Traffic Supervisor -~)) Gregory Shortell Long Island, N .Y. Passenger Service Supervisor i ~LlGOf«l}1lSj Thomas Nolan Pennsylvania Commissary Supervisor ( . ~ -,\.,"-- 0" james McGuinness New York, N.Y. Sales Representative )) Victoria Guinan Staten !aland, N.Y. Reservationl Supervilor J Hubert Gu inan Waterbury, Conn. Dilpatcher i~<;f,,~AY.-'__ --o-l Herbert Class Pennsylvania Dllpatch~ William Powell Frostproof, Florid" Dilpatcher -~~)ZEfiJ'iI5115ML~ Donald O'Neill Pennlylvania Dilpatcher 1 SHA~~ON .' . IMERICKfiit11ill A I R- ' CJR Henry Booth St. David'l, Penn. Station Engineer Geor~ Terndrup Philadelphia, Penn Station Maintenance Supervisor ; ...:...: ~\~ WATER~_ Paul Fowlu Waldoboro, Maine Maintlenance Supervisor (~, ~ -- K~nAR~EY ri6MLsJ ~~. ~_ jama Lee Georgia Main !elis New jer.ey Station Mechanic William Morril Palo Alto, California Station Mechanic