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Old 03-01-2010, 11:38 AM
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Default 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?
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Old 03-01-2010, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by alarkyokie View Post
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!!!!!!

Now being serious.....must have been a hell of a trip!
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Old 03-02-2010, 05:50 AM
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The market is opening up!
YouTube - China Clipper Air Service
(Is that Ron Reagan at the 3:14 mark?)
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Old 03-02-2010, 06:04 AM
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Very cool, couldn't imagine what the whole situation must've been like
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Old 03-02-2010, 08:28 AM
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It looks like there may be a movie in the works to be about sometime in 2011.
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Old 03-02-2010, 01:39 PM
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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?
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Old 03-03-2010, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by ToiletDuck View Post
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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