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March, 1964 John J Volume 35 , Number 6 March , 1964 The American Air Mail Society A Non-Profit Corporation under the Laws of Ohio Organized 1923 Incorporated 1944 PRESIDENT Joseph L. Eisendrath Official Publication of the 350 No. Deere Park Drive Highland P.ark, Illinois AMERICAN AIR MAIL SOCIETY SECRETARY V.ol. 35, No. 6 Issue 406 Ruth T. Smith 102 Arbor Road Riverton, "N. J. 08077 TREASURER Contents ................ for March, 1964 John J. Smith 102 Arbor Road Riverton, N. J. The Douglas DC-9 Jetliner .................... 154 VICE-PRESIDENTS Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr. Jet Jottings ................................................ 156 Herman Kleinert Additional Jet Covers Reported from Lester S. Manning Dr. Perham c. Nahl 1Solar Eclipse Flight . .. ... 156 EDITORS - Other Publications 50 Years of Scheduled Airlines ............ 158 L. B. Gatchell The First Commercial Airline (Part D 159 Geo. D. Kingdom ATTORNEY Recent Aero grammes . .. 162 George D. Kingdom Airs of the Month .... ................ 166 SALES MANAGER Seen and Read by the Editor 167 Herman Kleinert 213 Virginia Ave., Fullerton, Pa. Book Review - The Airpost of DIRECTOR OF Colomibia . .. ............. ... ....... 168 FOREIGN RELATIONS Uncatalogued SCADTA Bisect Found Dr. Max Kronstein on Cover . 169 AUCTION MANAGER Samuel S. Goldsticker, Jr. C.A.M. Cover Notes ...... .............. 170 ADVANCE BULLETIN SERVICE A.A.M.S. Chapter News . .. .. .. .. 173 Paul Bugg 3724 Old York Rd. "Uncle Sam" Sez ................................ 174 Baltimore, Md. 21218 Official Section, AAMS .... ....................... 176 TRANSLATION SERVICE Roland Kohl Augusta-Victoria Str. 4 Wiesbaden, West Germany EDITOR Robert E. Haring AUDITOR Z4% Hardenburgh Avenue, Demarest, New .Jersey Stuart J. Malkin ASSISTANT EDITORS DIRECTORS Joseph L. Eisendrath Dr. Max Kronstein Paul Bugg, Robert E. Haring, Ernest A. Kehr L. B. Gatchell Mrs. Florence Kleinert, Dr. Max Kronstein, George L. Lee, Dr. DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS Southgate Leigh, Arthur M. R. Lee Black, N. Pelletier, Florence L. Kleinert. Schmidt, William R. Ware Robert W. Murch, Richard L. Singley, William R. Ware, James Wotherspoon, John Watson, MEMBERSHIP DUES - $5.llO William T. Wynn, Jr., Frank Blumenthal, Samuel per year S. Goldsticker, Jr., J. S. Langabeer, M. P. Codd. Include subscription to The Published monthly at Albion., Erie Co., Pa., U.S.A. AIRPOST JOURNAL. Appli­ cants must furnish two refer­ Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office ences, philatelic preferred. At at Albion, Pa., February 10, 1932, under least one must reside in Appli­ the Act of March 3, 1879. cant's home town. Applicants The AIRPOST JOURNAL is not conducted for under 21 years must be guaran­ profit. The Editor and all others serve without teed by Parent or Guardian. compensation. 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Collectors and a= = a dealers can reserve a copy now. §= ~ i IRWIN HEIMAN~ i= I= c I ~ § n c. ~ = c i 2 WEST 46th STREET £ NEW YORK, N. Y. 10036 ; §'u11HJJJJJJIJClllllllllllllClllllllllllllClllllllllllllClllllllllllllClllllllllllllClllllllllllllClllllllllllllCllllllllllllltlllllllllllllUllllJJJJllllClllllllllllllCllllllll1~ THE AIRPOST J"OURNAL, MARCH, 1964 J53 The Douglas DC-9 Jetliner --------117.4'---------i /~'T 27.41 1~ ~~~---~----- Designed to operate from airport run- runway. It will land in less than that ·ways less than a mile in length and on distance at its maximum landing weight route segments from 100 to 1100 miles, of 73,350 pounds. the Douglas twin-jet DC-9 (shown on This combination of carrying capacity this month's cover) offers the speed and sho,rt landing-and-take-off require­ and comfort of jet transportation to the ments makes the DC-9 an excellent re­ great majority of communities now ser- placement for outmoded propeller and ved only by propeller aircraft. prop-jet aircraft now serving short-haul As the flagship of regional airline oper- routes throughout the world. ations, the DC-9 extends jet advantages Two aft-mounted Pratt & Whitney to the traveler who flies less than 500 Aircraft JT8D-5 turbofan engines give miles on any one trip. And in short-haul the DC-9 a maximum speed of 560 miles operations by trunk airlines to comple- an hour. A distinctive feature of the ment the long-range DC-8 and other compact jet is the high-level horizontal tmnscontinental jets, the DC-9 fulfills the stabilizer, mounted at the top of the rud­ jet-age promise of swift and efficient. der assembly to accommodate the engines transit from departure to destination. on either side of the aft fuselage. The Although the maximum takeoff weight rear power arrangement permits an un­ of the DC-9 is only 77,000 pounds, less usually clean wing design which con­ than one fourth that of its DC-8 pred- tinues an aerodynamic development pro­ ecessor, the Douglas "compact jet" car- gram begun with the DC-8. The wing is ries up to 83 passengers at no sacrifice moderately swept, angling back from the in comfort or convenience. fuselage at 24 degrees from perpendicu- In normal operation, the DC-9 will lar. take off on a 500-mile flight with 70 Passenger accommodations of the DC-9 passengers and baggage from a 5000-foot are the equivalent of those which travel- 154 THE AIRPOST JOURNAL, MARCH, 1964 ers have come to appreciate in the DC-8 Douglas compact jet at only 12,000 jetliner. Although the DC-9 cabin is pounds. This not only assures an ample smaller, it is contoured to give passengers margin of reserve power in case of need, greater space where needed, such as but also assures longer engine operating headroom above the aisle and at the life and lower maintenance requirements. seated shoulder level. Interior arrange­ Delta Air Lines has already ordered ments range from 56 all first class seats 15 of the aircraft and Bonanza Air Lines, to 83 in the all-coach configuration. Ac­ 3. More orders are anticipated for this commodations may be mixed in varying $3.l million aircraft which is expected proportions from a suggested arrange­ to be highly competitive with the British ment of 20 first class and 45 coach seats. BAC-111. Plans are for the first DC-9 to Lavatories and galley are provided for. be in service by the spring of 1966. Col­ The DC-9 is pressurized throughout lectors will watch with interest the deve­ the passenger and baggage compartments lopment of new fet mail service to many to provide a cabin altitude of 6000 feet at smaller cities using this aircraft. an aircraft altitude of 30,000 feet. Air conditioning is designed specifically to Douglas DC-9 Specifications provide the fast temperature response Maximum Weights needed in short-haul operations. Ramp - 77 ,500 lbs., Takeoff - Control systems operating methods and 77,000 lbs. Landing - 73,350 lbs. major features of the DC-9 have been simplified for maximum efficiency of Engines maintenance and ability to maintain reg­ Two P&WA JT8D-5 rated at 12,- ular schedules of service. An example of 000 lbs. of thrust each. simplification is the DC-9 fuel supply system. Where .eight wing fuel tanks and Level Flight Speed 13 boosters pumps are required in the 560 miles per hour DC-8 fuel system, there are only two Range tanks and two pumps in the DC-9. Both 1,100 miles pumps can be powered from one engine and either pump can supply fuel to both Capacity engines. Fuel dumping controls and Passengers - 56-83; Cargo - 600 mechanisms are unnecessary because the cu. ft. DC-9's maximum landing weight is 95 Payload per cent of its maximum takeoff weight. 18,150 lbs. The DC-9 entrance door is a self­ contained loading ramp which requires Fuel Capacity no power to operate. Hinged at the bot­ 2,745 gals. tom and counterbalanced by springs, it Lmuling Gear unfolds to the runway to provide integral Fully retractable tricycle with steps to the cabin floor, seven feet from ~teerable nose wheel; Tread of ground level. The doorway is also com­ main wheels 17.6; Wheel base patible with the standard jetway pas­ (fore & aft) 42.5' senger loading service provided at most Crew of the larger airports. Two plus cabin attendants Another loading feature of special val­ ue at airports with limited facilities is THANK YOU ...• the location of the DC-9 baggage com­ partment. Providing 600 cubic feet of Once again we wish to thank a group volume the compartment is only 42 of our members who were nice people inches from the ground for the conven­ and made cash donations to the Society ience of hand loading.
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