onetrack Posted June 4 Posted June 4 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 3
BrendAn Posted June 4 Author Posted June 4 (edited) 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 June 4 by BrendAn 1
BrendAn Posted June 5 Author Posted June 5 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. 1
Red Posted Thursday at 06:20 AM Posted Thursday at 06:20 AM 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 1
onetrack Posted Thursday at 07:29 AM Posted Thursday at 07:29 AM 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. 1
planedriver Posted Thursday at 09:34 AM Posted Thursday at 09:34 AM (edited) 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 Spelling mistake 2
johnm Posted Thursday at 09:45 PM Posted Thursday at 09:45 PM yes ......... interesting to see the delicious cigarettes @ 10.24 ................ while having dinner 2 1
planedriver Posted Friday at 09:43 AM Posted Friday at 09:43 AM 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. 1
facthunter Posted Saturday at 02:39 AM Posted Saturday at 02:39 AM Smoking is a dying habit. Nothing going for it at all. Nev 3 1
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