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NEW YORK  NEWARK  PHILADELPHIA  WILMINGTON  BALTIMORE TO WASHINGTON VIA Pennsylvania Railroad.
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July 4, 1939
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0. | Lv New York, N.Y., Penna. Station |12:30
…  | Lv New York, N.Y. (Hudson Term/).|12:20
…  | "[[ditto for Lv]] Jersey City, N.J. (Exchange Place)(u) | 12:23
…  | Ar Newark, N.J. | 12:39
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10.0 | Lv Newark, N.J. | 12:45
15.5 | "[[ditto for Lv]] Elizabeth, N.J. | …
32.7 | "[[ditto for Lv]] New Brunswick, N.J. | 1.07
58.1 | "[[ditto for Lv]] Trenton, N.J. | 1.32
85.9 | "[[ditto for Lv]] North Philadelphia, Pa | 2.01
…  | Ar Phila., Pa., Penna. Sta. (30th St.) | …
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91.4 | Lv Philadelphia, Pa Broad Street Station | …
…  | Lv Phila., Pa., Penna. Sta. (30th St.) | 2.14
104.8 | "[[ditto for Lv]] Chester, Pa. | …
118.1 | Ar Wilmington, Del … | 2.43
118.1 | Lv Wilmington, Del … | 2.43
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186.5 | Ar Baltimore, Md. (Penna. Station) | 3.45
186.5 | Lv Baltimore, Md. (Penna. Station) | 3.45
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226.6 | Ar Washington, D.C. | 4:30
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No. 1 Transocean Air Passenger Enthuses Over Clipper Flight
W.J. Eck, Washington Rail Executive, Says Trip Worth 9-Year Wait for the First Ticket: to Broadcast in N.Y. Tonight
The Nation's No. 1 commercial airline passenger relaxed at his Washington home last night, still smacking his lips over his breakfast the day before at Lisbon, Portugal.
He is W.J. Eck, of 53 Adams street northwest, just returned from the first commercial trans-atlantic flight which took him to the Azores, Lisbon, Marseilles, Paris and return in less that an week. He held the first ticket on the trip, having applied for it almost nine years ago, when trans-oceanic flights were still a sheet of paper in the Pan-American Airways "ideas-to-thin-about" file.
Despite having put 49,000 miles of airplane travels behind him in the past decade, Eck was anything but blasé over his latest trip.
"It was perfect," he enthused. "Not a thing marred the trip. Wonderful weather, complete comfort, magnificent cloud effects - the time passed like that," and he snapped his fingers.

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Clipper Passenger Tells of flight
Eck related that the huge clipper kept well above the clouds, at 8,000 to 10,000 feet, throughout most of the trip over the ocean, with both nights at sea bright under a full moon.
Although he is assistant to the vice president of the Southern Railway, Eck has no hesitation in going places in a hurry by plane. He does not believe the airlines are competitive with the railroads as each serves a different purpose and clientele. His past flight included the first trip around South American and a London-to-Cape Town, South Africa, jaunt.
He will broadcast tonight on the radio "Hobby Lobby" program from New York.
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Clipper Passenger Tells of Flight
Eck Returns Home From Europe, Lauds Comforts of Flying Boat
Tall men can stretch out in the berths of transatlantic planes...the Dixie Clipper, in flight is as steady as the floor of your home...Clipper planes fly so high, one seldom sees the ocean through the clouds.
Such were the impressions of W.J. Eck, Southern Railway executive who last night returned to his home at 53 Adams St. N.W. After flying to Europe on the first commercial transatlantic flight of Pan-American Airways.
Covered 10,000 Miles
"We covered 10,000 miles." Eck confided, with a note of pride in his voice.
"I was gone from Washington only six days, yet I spent four nights in Paris. It was wonderful. I could go back again next week."
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The slim, erect railroad man is 6 feet 1, which explains why he was so surprised to find that he could sleep in a plane berth without discomfort.
Eck likewise was warm in his praise of the airline for refusing an offer of $5,000 to sell his No. 1 ticket on the flight to another man.
Ticket to Smithsonian
He got the ticket for considerable less that $1,000 because he was the second man to enter reservations and the first, Will Rogers, the humorist, lost his life several years ago.
Eck plans to give the ticket to the Smithsonian Institution.
As a souvenier of his trip, Eck displayed a silver cigarette case bearing on its cover a facsimile of his ticket - a gift of the air line.
Eck's bride of three months, the former Emily Kleb, was admiring a pair of handmade tan lace gloves her husband brought her from Paris as reporters arrived to inquire about his trip.
"The experience," Eck confided, "reminded me a great deal of a pleasant week-end house party."
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