Overnight to Hawaii

[BrendAn]

 

[onetrack]

Fancying a trip to Honolulu to meet some Wahines, Brendan? Just remember, a ticket on a cross-world jaunt on a Clipper, cost the equivalent of $35,000!

 

The Pan Am facilities such as the Hotels on Midway and Wake didn't fare too well, thanks to the Japanese invasion. Neither did the people Pan Am left behind.  😞

 

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/pan-american-airways-on-the-wwii-home-front-in-the-pacific.htm

[BrendAn]

5 hours ago, onetrack said:

Fancying a trip to Honolulu to meet some Wahines, Brendan? Just remember, a ticket on a cross-world jaunt on a Clipper, cost the equivalent of $35,000!

 

The Pan Am facilities such as the Hotels on Midway and Wake didn't fare too well, thanks to the Japanese invasion. Neither did the people Pan Am left behind.  😞

 

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/pan-american-airways-on-the-wwii-home-front-in-the-pacific.htm

I was only interested in the aircraft.

I thought there was some great footage of them.  Why would you come to the conclusion above. ?

Edited Wednesday at 07:40 PM by BrendAn

[BrendAn]

10 hours ago, onetrack said:

Fancying a trip to Honolulu to meet some Wahines, Brendan? Just remember, a ticket on a cross-world jaunt on a Clipper, cost the equivalent of $35,000!

 

The Pan Am facilities such as the Hotels on Midway and Wake didn't fare too well, thanks to the Japanese invasion. Neither did the people Pan Am left behind.  😞

 

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/pan-american-airways-on-the-wwii-home-front-in-the-pacific.htm

Would you prefer I don't post these videos that I find, I just thought they would be interesting for people that hadn't seen them. 

[Red]

16 hours ago, onetrack said:

Fancying a trip to Honolulu to meet some Wahines, Brendan? Just remember, a ticket on a cross-world jaunt on a Clipper, cost the equivalent of $35,000!

 

The Pan Am facilities such as the Hotels on Midway and Wake didn't fare too well, thanks to the Japanese invasion. Neither did the people Pan Am left behind.  😞

 

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/pan-american-airways-on-the-wwii-home-front-in-the-pacific.htm

Thanks, learned a few things from that article

[onetrack]

Nah, keep posting, don't get upset, I was just having a shot at you. I like the vintage films, too - it's amazing to see the conditions on the Clipper, as compared to todays sardine cans.

[planedriver]

That was interesting Brendan. Thanks for posting that.

Flabergasted that a giant aeroplane weighing 42 tons made those trips.

What would they think of todays aircraft weighing 10 times that and travelling at todays speeds?

They'd no doubt think we were bull sh*tting.

Such is the progress of time.

Bet they never got a plastic cup of coke and a few pretzels for inflight munchies..

Edited Thursday at 09:36 AM by planedriver
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[johnm]

yes ......... interesting to see the delicious cigarettes @ 10.24 ................ while having dinner 

 

 

[planedriver]

Reminds me of flights to London where all the smokers once jockied to take turns in the back 2 rows of a 747 for a smoke, then coughed their guts up like me, 😜 while returning to assigned seats.

[facthunter]

Smoking is a dying habit. Nothing going for it at all.  Nev