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Chile - 19L£. 



Feb. 8. : y train on time in Miami and I took a taxi 

 straight to the Hotel Pittsburger. Yvhen I arrived there 

 was no room ready so I sat down to wait for Loomis. He 

 appeared shortly and helped me get my baggage to the PAA 

 office for inspection. All went smoothly since all films 

 and papers had been inspected and sealed by the Washing- 

 ton censor. I.y baggage weighed in at 23 kgs. and I left 

 all except an overnight bag. I'y ticket was then checked 

 and I was free for the day. 



We drove out to the Coconut CrOve station to spend the 

 day. I wandered around the station building while Loomis 

 did some paper work and then we drove around the station 

 grounds, stopping to collect a few nitidulids and staphs 

 in a pile of decaying palm seeds. At noon we had lunch 

 in the small restaurant run for the benefit of the station 

 employees. In the afternoon Loomis took me to see the 

 plantings of one of the possible sources of natural rubber. 

 We stopped at several likely looking places to look for 

 snails but everything was too dry. 



At about 5 drove to Loomis' home and with Irs Loomis 

 and their son we went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant in 

 Miami. Right after dinner we parted and I went to the 

 hotel and to bed. 



Feb. 9. I was called at k AM to go to the airoort. For 



some reason I resent 



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06:15 

 07:20 

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 9:15 

 9:40 

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Lv MIAMI (Pan Am. Fid.), U.S.A. EWT 

 Ar CAMAGUEY (Gen. I. Agr.), Cuba# 75° 

 Lv CAMAGUEY (Gen. I. Agr.), Cuba# ■ 

 Ar KINGSTON (PalisudoesFld.), Jam.^ « 

 Lv KINGSTON (PalisadoesF'ld.), Jam.-fr « 

 Ar BALBOA (Albrook F'ld), C.Z.## * 



the 85 cent charge 

 for the trip from the 

 PAA office to the air- 

 port in the Company bus. 



At no other airport that I know of is there a charge for 

 such a trip. Our plane was not ready on time so we sat 

 and started to get acquainted. One of the passengers was 

 Juan Varleta, a cousin of Raul Cort6s, on his way home to 

 Santiago. Another was Alice Bennett, a clerk from Ottawa 

 going to take a job in the British Embassy in Santiago. 

 At 9 #30 the mechanics released our plane and we started 

 for Camaguey. The airport there was not at all interest- 

 ing; it was well away from the city and was not at all 

 attractive. Then on to Kingston. Land planes land on 

 the Palisadoes, well down toward Port Royal. Ladeleine 

 Kodge was not on duty so I could get no news of anyone on 

 the island. The system has been changed - if you want a 

 drink you go to a small bar at one side of the waiting 

 room. We pushed off for the long hop to Balboa and pre- 

 pared for lunch which was good as always. Our plane was 

 a four motored Boeing and very comfortable. 



Bill Komp was at the Balboa airport and after collect- 



