July n 1 p 25-28: Operation of 10-passenger planes over New York-Cleveland route on 7 days a week, is considered; advantages of trimotor ships; scheduled operations; revenue and total operations; estimating overhauls and personnel; investment required; estimating operation cost; cost per passenger mile declines as operations increase and drops from 13 cents for one trip per day to less than 9 cents for 8 trips per day; tables of capital investment; operating costs for one year and unit operating costs. Aug n 2 p 35, 37, 40 and 44: Large-scale operations of 18-passenger 1500-hp. airplanes for New York-Cleveland route are estimated; larger airplanes would show further savings; operation studies; overhauls, investment and cost of operation; passenger-mile rate drops; comparisons with rail travel; most economical size of airplane depends upon scale of operations; largest size airplane will become more economical for this route if traffic is greater than 36 to 40 passengers each way daily; tables show scheduled operations, capital investment, operating costs for one year, and unit operating costs. (See also - vol. 4 no. 6, June 1929, pp. 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42)
Large scale operations of passenger airplanes
Aeronautics
Aeronautics ; 5 , n 1-2
1929
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