Transatlantic

"Some day airplanes will fly across the ocean on schedule." In the popular mind that has long been one of the most important milestones ahead for aviation. Last week the milestone apparently was at hand. Germany, long ago first in the air with a dirigible service, announced that mail plane service across the South Atlantic would start Feb. 3. On that day a Luft Hansa flying boat is scheduled to take off from Stuttgart, Germany. She will roar south and west to Cadiz, the Canary Islands, West Africa, then shoot across the ocean to the seadrome Westphalen, riding in midocean (TIME, Nov. 20). On the fourth day she will alight at Natal, Brazil--a trip which requires nine days by present airplane-&-steamer service. First eastward flight is slated for Feb. 7. A fortnightly schedule in each direction was planned.

The Bermuda House of Assembly last week approved a project for weekly air service between Bermuda and the U.S. (either New York or Baltimore) to be operated jointly by Imperial Airways and Pan American Airways.

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