Trans-Caribbean

The west coast of South America and the east coast of the U. S. are virtually on a north-&-south line with each other. Both coasts lie between 70DEG and 80DEG West Longitude. Down part of that geographical corridor started Colonel Lindbergh last week--from New York to Miami to Havana, thence across the Caribbean to British Honduras, thence through Central American countries to the Canal Zone-- carrying the first trans-Caribbean airmail. The day he left Miami, Feb. 4, was his 2/th birthday.

From Panama it will be easy to extend airmail and passenger service into South America. Pan-American Airways, Inc., for whom Col. Lindbergh flew, announced that it intends soon to extend its routes to Guayaquil, Lima, Antofagasta, Valparaiso and across the Andes to Buenos Aires. Airmail flown thus from Manhattan to Buenos Aires can arrive in five days. By ship down the Atlantic, Manhattan-Buenos Aires mail now takes 14 to 17 days.