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![Holds first transatlantic flight reservation. Washington, D.C., June 14. W.J. Eck, assistant to the Vice President of the Southern Railway, holds here the receipt for his ticket of the first regularly scheduled flight of west-east passenger plans across the Atlantic. He will take off June 28 at New York, arrive at Marseilles the 31st with two stops at the Azores and Portugal. His round trip ticket, costing $675, will give him a total of 9,416[?] miles of flight](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvaG9sZHMtZmlyc3QtdHJhbnNhdGxhbnRpYy1mbGlnaHQtcmVzZXJ2YXRpb24td2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy1qdW5lLTE0LXdqLWVjay1hc3Npc3RhbnQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "Holds first transatlantic flight reservation. Washington, D.C., June 14. W.J. Eck, assistant to the Vice President of the Southern Railway, holds here the receipt for his ticket of the first regularly scheduled flight of west-east passenger plans across the Atlantic. He will take off June 28 at New York, arrive at Marseilles the 31st with two stops at the Azores and Portugal. His round trip ticket, costing $675, will give him a total of 9,416[?] miles of flight")
Trans-Atlantic permits handed out. Washington, D.C., April 20. The Dept. of Commerce today awarded permits to the Pan American Airways from Great Britain, Canada and the Irish Free State. These permits are all non-exclusive and convey flying rights in and out of these countries for Trans-Atlantic Air service between New York and London. Left to Right: Sir Herbert Marler, the Canadian Minister; Michael MacWhite, Irish Minister; Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambassador; Juan T. Trippe, President of Pan American Airways who is receiving the permits from the Secretary of Commerce Daniel Roper, 4/20/1937
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A group of men standing next to each other.
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Date
01/01/1937
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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