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alarkyokie 03-01-2010 11:38 AM
31.5k miles in a Boeing 314..
 
Sextant proficiency required!
YouTube - The Long Way Home-The Pacific Clipper.m4v
(5min17secs duration)
Did the crew get per diem?

xjcaptain 03-01-2010 05:32 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by alarkyokie (Post 771416)
Sextant proficiency required!
YouTube - The Long Way Home-The Pacific Clipper.m4v
(5min17secs duration)
Did the crew get per diem?

I call B.S. No way a crew could have actually flown from point A to B without the guiding hand of a dispatcher!!!!!!:rolleyes:

Now being serious.....must have been a hell of a trip!

alarkyokie 03-02-2010 05:50 AM
Sidebar-
The market is opening up!
YouTube - China Clipper Air Service
(Is that Ron Reagan at the 3:14 mark?)

Ewfflyer 03-02-2010 06:04 AM
Very cool, couldn't imagine what the whole situation must've been like

airventure 03-02-2010 08:28 AM
It looks like there may be a movie in the works to be about sometime in 2011.

ToiletDuck 03-02-2010 01:39 PM
Look how roomy those things were for the crew!

"Captain's eyes only" lol. How did they pay for fuel back then did they just have a huge wad of cash under the FO's seat?

alarkyokie 03-03-2010 06:39 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ToiletDuck (Post 772005)
Look how roomy those things were for the crew!

"Captain's eyes only" lol. How did they pay for fuel back then did they just have a huge wad of cash under the FO's seat?
Wartime! Just pull up to the 55gal drums and demand fuel!


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