Originally Posted by
jcaplins
At min 21 the capt. sets it up for cruise and busts out a pack of cigarettes. Awesome, I love it.
What do you expect? Chesterfield was one of his main sponsors. Godfrey died of emphysema and had a lung cut out due to cancer.
And I don't know how you'd get 300 mph out of a Martin, Vne is 261 kts. Normal cruise was about 190 which is why Convairs ate their lunch, getting 200 knots for the same fuel burn.