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...American Airways and to Condor Lines (subsidiary of Germany's Lufthansa; headed by able Fritz Hammer) the possible failure of Aeropostale meant more than just the removal of their most powerful competitor. It also raised the question: Who would acquire Aeropostale's highly developed airways in South America? Aeropostale had spent most of its subsidy on airports (34) and airways (5,800 mi.) from Natal (Brazil) south to Gallegos, and across the Andes from Buenos Aires to Santiago, and from Buenos Aires to Asuncion. Also it operates an interior service in Venezuela. Unlike its competitors, Aeropostale flew by night...
...Curtiss Condor biplane, taxiing to its hangar at a Long Island airport, suddenly ground looped, plowed into a crowd of holiday spectators. The whirling propellers killed a man and a wife. The plane bore the insignia of T. A. T.-Maddux Air Lines. Col. Lindbergh is technical adviser of T. A. T.-Maddux. Daily News screamed in full width headlines: LINDBERGH LINER KILLS...
...show were the most massive ships now plying the transport lines within the U. S. and to Central and South America. Assembled for the first time anywhere were a Fokker F-32, a Consolidated Commodore boat, a Ford 5-AT, a Curtiss Condor, a Savoia-Marchetti S-55 boat, a Sikorsky S-38 amphibian...
...plane somewhat resembles the Vought Corsair in appearance but has the swept-back wings of the Curtiss Falcon. Since all Curtiss planes are named for birds (Robin, Condor, Thrush, etc., etc.) the new, one has been tentatively dubbed Hell Diver...
Many countries are interested in trans-atlantic air traffic. Germany's Luft Hansa, France's Aeropostale, England's Imperial Airways are counting on the use of these Portuguese Islands. In South America besides Aeropostale are the German Condor Line and the U. S. Pan-American and NYRBA lines, all of which anticipate linkage to Africa and Europe...