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TAILWINDS [[image of plane]] AIR TRAVEL LEADS IN EAST Air travel between New York, Philadelphia and Washington is more popular than any other route in the United States. NIGHT FLYING With inauguration of night flying with tri-motored passenger transports by United Air Lines between New York and Chicago, all division of New York-Pacific Coast route of United Air Lines are being flown at night. UNCLE SAM RIDES Travel on airlines is recognized by the U.S. Government as an official means of transportation and the Federal departments are issuing travel orders for employees to use on airlines. During recent months there has been a substantial increase in the number of government employees traveling by air. GOING UP Aviation is a business which does not cry DEPRESSION. Scheduled airways announce 300 per cent increase in air travel since the first of the year. PLANE FACTS U.S. BEATS EUROPE America has out-distanced Europe in commercial air transportation and it will be several years before the British Isles or the continent can reach the efficiency of operation and maintenance of various airlines in the United States. There are 419 women pilots in the United States, of which 38 are transport pilots. NOT SO BAD Post and Gatty used 3,455 gallons of gasoline on their around-the-world flight. A transport pilot must be at least 18 years of age. A private pilot 16 years or over. GOODNESS GRACIOUS Can you see out of the corner of your eye when looking straight ahead? That is one of the tests given transport pilots. He must also pass a stiff medical examination before each renewal of license, which, in the transport and commercial class, is every six months. 22