Word: francisco
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Francisco...
...Eight planes were in readiness to fly it, four each way daily, in 13¼ hr. Night flying was planned for the beginning of each trip, the planes setting out at 3:45 a. m., arriving at 5 p. m. with five stops* on the way: Portland, Medford, San Francisco, Fresno, Bakersfield. When begun, it was to make the 13th operating contract route that has been instituted in the U. S. since February-a network that now totals some 5,000 mi., over and above the U. S. Post Office Department's own transcontinental route...
...Francisco...
...much for a daytime telephone call from Manhattan to San Francisco...
...From San Francisco we shall continue to Honolulu, Guam, Yap, Manila, Ambon, Banda, Bima and at last arrive at our final destination, Surobaya, our great naval base which protects our rubber, tea and spice trade in the East Indies...