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America, great cities and lonesome pam

pas. the tall, cold Andes, the rugged

western coast. Mexico Citv and the

sweeping plain lands of the United

States.

Today Mr. Allen reports his flight from

Miami to San Juan.

BY C. B. ALLEN

Times Special Writer

We are roaring through the

darkness over the harbor of Port

au Prince, Haiti. The drone of

the plane’s four motors reverber

ates eerily among the indistinct

mountains.

A twinkling panorama of lights

reveals the capital city of the

magic island. In the distance

faint flickers of flame mark what

probably are native open-air fires

where supper is cooked and voo

doo charms are chanted.

Every passenger of us presses

his face against the windows of

the cabin to watch the dark land

ing.

It is only seven hours since we

left Miami on the round-South

America swing I just am begin

ning via Pan American Airway's

25,000-mile network of air lines.

We have made one landing en

route —at the lazy Cuban city,

Nue vitas.

Now we wait for Pilot Wallace

Culbertson to bring us into the

city of black men for the first

night from New York on foreign

soil.

He swings the 23,000-horse

power, forty-passenger Sikorsky

flying boat over the harbor in a

wide, easy circle.

One of three such planes owned

by Pan American, this Southern

Clipper is luxuriously appointed

with a ladies’ lounge, smoking

room, richly upholstered chairs,

even a wood inlay history of trans

portation on the walls.

a tt a

AS Pilot Culbertson retards

four throttles with a single

movement of his hand, the Clipper

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Indianapolis times. (1933). Indianapolis [Ind.], 1933-04-14. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015313/1933-04-14/ed-1/?sp=17

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Indianapolis times, 1933-04-14.