A Million Miles Without An Accident Associated with I NORTHERN PACIFIC GREAT NORTHERN CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL & PACIFIC PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BALTIMORE & OHIO NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES SPEED - - COMFORT - - CONVENIENCE Fleet of Northwest Airways Hamilton flams ^on the line" awaiting to take off In the Northwest its The Northwest Airways pioneer air line of the Northwestin contin- V_^ nous operation since October 1, 1926. A complete air transportation service, operating two services daily between Chicago and the Twin Cities, carrying passen- gers, mail and express. Flying activities under the direction of a technical committee, headed by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Associated in the first co-ordinated air-rail service in the history of transportation with the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific, Pennsylvania System, Baltimore & Ohio, and New York Central Lines. This service in actual daily operation since September 1, 1928. Air jun^ of 3 hours 30 minutes between Chicago and the Twin Cities (12 hours by rail) is synchronized with the fast trains arriving over associated railroads at either terminal so that passengers are enabled to save a day in travel time across the continent. Route is developed by United States Department of Commerce ^equipped with chain of landing fields every 30 miles and beacon lights of two and one-half million candle power every 10 miles-all lights are kept burning from sundown to sunrise Meteorological Balloon Sta- tion at St. Paul Aviation Radio Station at La Crosse^ pilots supplied with special reports on weather condi- tions just ahead on every trip. Flew more than a million miles (March 31, 1929) without an accident. Has lowest insurance rate of any airline in the United States. Carries $20,000 liability insurance on every passenger. For two and a half years has maintained an average schedule efficiency of 96 per cent. =^11 Ih - VETERAN EXPERIENCE Northwest Airways, Inc. A Private Carrier Air Mail - - Passenger Service Air Express SAINT PAUL MINNEAPOLIS Executive Offices Operating Offices Merchants Bank Bldg. Wold-Chamberlain Airport Cedar 5693 Dupont 4881 CHICAGO Loop Office, 21 Palmer House Arcade State 7111 Airport Office, 5034 W. 63d St Hemlock 0017 MILWAUKEE City Ticket Office, Hotel Pfeister .... Broadway 6740 Airport Office, Milwaukee County Airport .... Cudahy 633 MADISON Airport Office, Pennco Field Fairchild 6424 LA CROSSE Airport Office, Salzer Field La Crosse 6-68 Post Office La Crosse 41 ROCHESTER City Ticket Office, Kahler Hotel Rochester 3381 Airport Office Rochester 2263 SAINT PAUL City Ticket Office, Lowry Hotel Garfield 1344 Operating Office Nestor 1868 MINNEAPOLIS City Ticket Office, Radisson Hotel Atlantic 1314 Airport Office, Wold-Chamberlain Airport . . . Dupont 4881 FOND DU LAC Chamber of Commerce Fond du Lac 1614 Airport Office Fond du Lac 935 OSHKOSH Chamber of Commerce Oshkosh 108 Airport Office Oshkosh 1511 APPLETON - MEN ASHA - NEENAH Chamber of Commerce Appleton 2701 Airport Office Neenah 185 GREEN BAY Chamber of Commerce Adams 4705 Airport Office9-00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m Adams 398 After hours .... Howard 344 Northwest Airways tickets are on sale at all offices of the following railroads, associated with it in the first co-ordinated air-rail service in the history of trans- portation: NORTHERN PACIFIC GREAT NORTHERN CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL & PACIFIC PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BALTIMORE & OHIO NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES country will furnish travelers with Northwest Airways inf or- mation, and sell transportation or arrange reservations over the line. 4 2 FIRST COMBINED PLANE AND TRAIN A graphic impression of Air-Kail Service. A ir taxi service and Special Chartered k Flights The Northwest Airways will send its planes, manned by experienced air mail pilots, to any point on the North American continent. Available for this service is a fleet of modern planes accommodating from one to fourteen passengers. For further particulars, telephone, wire or ivrite Northwest Airways, Inc. Saint Faul, Nlinnesota S HORT Sightseeing Flights The Northwest Airways holds in readiness at its Minneapolis hangar on the Wold-Chamberlain Field a fleet of modern planes, manned by veteran air mail pilots, for short sightseeing flights over the Twin Cities and environs. This service is available every day during daylight hours. Reservations are unnecessary. F lying Instruction The Northwest Airways offers a course in flying to a limited number of students. Instruction is given by expert air mail pilots. For further information, telephone, wire or write Northwest Airways, Inc. Saint Faul, Niinnesota 4 3 l!=" STABILITY Lowest Insurance Rate in the United States D ue to the remarkable record of North- west Airways, we have been able to obtain from the aviation underwriters what we believe to be the lowest passenger lia- bility insurance rate accorded any flying organization in the United States. Excerpf from letter dated July 25 , 1928, from Wm. B. Joyce & Co., General Insurance Agents, 94 East Eourth Street, Saint Paul Officers and Directors of Northwest Airways, Inc. A. R. ROGERS Chairman Board oj Dinctors President, Rogers Lumber Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota R. C. LILLY Pr,sidtnt President, First National Bank, St. Paul, Minnesota COL. L. H. BRITTIN Vice Presidtnt and Gtneral Manager St. Paul, Minnesota H. C. PIPER Vio President Vice President, Lane, Piper & Jafl'ray, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota JULIAN B. BAIRD Secretary and Treasurer Vice President, Merchants Trust Company, St. Paul, Minnesota HON. FRANK B. KELLOGG Director Kellogg, Morgan, Chase, Carter & Headley, St. Paul, Minnesota ROGER B. SHEPARD Director President, Finch, Van Slyck & McConville, St. Paul, Minnesota F. T. HEFFELFINGER Director President, F. H. Peavey & Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota J. M. HANNAFORD, JR Director Vice President, Gordon & Ferguson, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota H. R. WEESNER Director President, Wabash Screen Door Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota L. J. SHIELDS Director President, National Lead Battery Co., St. Paul, Minnesota R. R. RAND , Director Capitalist, Minneapolis, Minnesota PAUL J. KALMAN Director President, Kalman Steel Co., St. Paul, Minnesota G. NELSON DAYTON Director Treasurer, The Dayton Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota GEORGE K. GANN Director Vice President, Tri State Telephone & Telegraph Co., St. Paul, Minnesota R. F. PACK Director Vice President and General Manager, Northern States Power Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota WM. B. MAYO Director Chief Engineer, Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Michigan C. E. JOHNSON Director Vice President, Empire National Bank, St. Paul, Minnesota COL. PAUL HENDERSON Director Vice President, National Air Transport, Inc., Chicago, Illinois EARLE H. REYNOLDS Director President, Peoples Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, Illinois CHARLES W. HOLMAN MARTIN P. KELLY . J. H. COOPER . . CHADWICK B. SMITH ANDREW J. HUFFORD J. B. LA MONT . . Operating Manager Traffic Manager Business Manager Chief Pilot Chief Motor Mechanic Chief Ship Mechanic MANNED BY VETERAN PILOTS Close-up of a group of Northwest Airways pilots and stewards in front of the three 410 horse power engines which make for maximum safety on the Ford all-metal cabin monoplanes. General Information Reservations and Cancellations. The North- west Airways, Inc. will undertake to arrange reserva- tions on telegraphic confirmation through any branch office of Associated Railroads, Travel Bureaus, and leading hotels, and through our own agents as listed on page two of this folder. The Company reserves the right to require a reasonable deposit where the exigency of travel demands. To definitely insure accommodations, tickets should be purchased in advance. Cancellations will be accepted and full refund made on telegraphic notice if received six hours before the departure of the plane. Refunds. If for any reason air planes are not oper- ated on days specified on ticket, refunds will be made. All refunds are made through Office Manager, North- west Airways, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. Baggage. Thirty pounds of hand baggage will be transported on air plane free of charge. Any baggage accepted in excess will be charged for at the rate of one half of one per cent of the passenger fare per pound, subject to a minimum of 25 cents per pound. Arrange- ments for excess baggage is to be made in advance. The right is reserved to limit baggage to 50 pounds per person. Tips, Etc. No gratuities of any kind are accepted by any employee of Northwest Airways, Inc. We feel that tips have no place in American commercial aviation. Childrens Fares. Children under three years of age will be carried free if held on lap of parent or guard- ian. Children occupying seats, or children over three years of age will be required to pay full fare. "4 5 l!=" ALL-METAL CABIN PLANES Interior of 14-passenger Ford air liner, standard equipment of Northwest Airways Service. General IniormationContinued Transportation to and from Airports (West- bound). Passengers en route to the Twin Cities via air will be transported by Yellow cabs from any point in the Englewood or downtown district in Chicago to the Northwest Airways Station at the Municipal Airport, 5034 West 63 d Street, upon presentation to cab driver of the transfer coupon attached to their airways ticket. A similar procedure is gone through with the remaining portion of the ticket upon arrival at the Saint Paul or Minneapolis airports, where Yellow Cabs will be waiting to transport passengers to the respective downtown districts or railway stations. (Eastbound.) Passengers en route from the Twin Cities via air to Chicago are transported to and from air ports in the same manner as in westbound travel. Taxi-fare on Tickets Purchased at Airports. When tickets are bought at terminal airports, taxi charge from business district or railroad station to air- port will be refunded to passenger on presentation of taxicab receipt or the taxi driver will be paid direct by the Airways representative at the airport. Correspondence. 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RAND McNALLY & COMPANY, CHICAGO Associated with NORTHERN PACIFIC GREAT NORTHERN CHICAGOp MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL & PACIFIC PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BALTIMORE & OHIO NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES EXPERIENCE COUNTJ A Million Miles Without An Accident