1stBooks will also let you view sample pages ... if you buy the book, bring along your plotter and dividers and be prepared to learn something about "real" navigation.
The webpage also has some good links pertaining to the subject.
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1stBooks will also let you view sample pages ... if you buy the book, bring along your plotter and dividers and be prepared to learn something about "real" navigation.
The webpage also has some good links pertaining to the subject.
NS38th_Aristaus
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by the way great pics of the clippers.
In a similar vein .... since there's an open thread @ Earhart and Fred Noonan --- he was a former head Navigator for Pan Am --- this thread is "bumped" F.Y.I. .... as many herein probably haven't seen it.
You're pushing all the old man's buttons today, yes???What is this "Pan Am" of which you speak?
Another good PanAm read is "Captain Lodi Speaking", I believe I have the correct name. He details his experiences in the Clipper days and how you worked your way up from radio operator, mechanic, etc. to pilot in the Clippers. He also addresses Amelia's navigator and his impressions of him.
Captain Lodi, Robert Buck and Dean Smith provide some excellent insights into the infacy of the airlines,and,in Dean Smith's case, the airmail experience.
Well, I'm off to MCO and then ANC to fight the modern airline pilots greatest challenge; boredom.
Captain Lodi, Robert Buck and Dean Smith provide some excellent insights into the infacy of the airlines,and,in Dean Smith's case, the airmail experience.
Well, I'm off to MCO and then ANC to fight the modern airline pilots greatest challenge; boredom.
I will check that book out .... and have a safe trip. Say "hello" for me at the Club Paris or Darwin's ...
Boredom & the airlines. Ahhhhh ... it's the best. Just that 'ol paycheck that keeps coming every two weeks to wake you up and keep it "interesting" ...
Here you go ....
CAPTAIN LODI SPEAKING: Saying Goodbye to an Era
Also, for those interested ... you might want to check out:
CHINA CLIPPER: The Age of the Great Flying Boats
Pan Am's Pacific Pioneers: A Pictoral History of Pan Am's First Flights, 1935-1945
There's others .... great stuff.
CAPTAIN LODI SPEAKING: Saying Goodbye to an Era
Also, for those interested ... you might want to check out:
CHINA CLIPPER: The Age of the Great Flying Boats
Pan Am's Pacific Pioneers: A Pictoral History of Pan Am's First Flights, 1935-1945
There's others .... great stuff.
Pan Am maybe to fly again?
Apparently, Pan Am has been resurrected and announced a return to services to the Middle East.
This week Pan Am announced it will begin regularly scheduled flights to
Iraq, Iran, and other key destinations in the Middle East. Pan am also
announced it may consider adding N. Korea to it's routes at a future date.
Apparently, Pan Am has been resurrected and announced a return to services to the Middle East.
This week Pan Am announced it will begin regularly scheduled flights to
Iraq, Iran, and other key destinations in the Middle East. Pan am also
announced it may consider adding N. Korea to it's routes at a future date.
MasterBates
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WTF is that?
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magnetfreezer
Well-Known Member
Looks like a decent photoshop job on a B-52. Either that or most commercial ramps have B-1s sitting in the background.
ATCS
Active Member
Thanks for the link. I have been interested in the clipper ships ever since I worked in the ATCT at Agana Guam 80-81. When PAN AM B747's would taxi out they all had a personalized name on the side. Seems like Kit Carson was a favorite of that route. It interested me enough to read the life story of Juan Tripp. He was a pretty ruthless businessman, but built an empire using the clipper ships. Of course I'm sure you know all of this already. Let me know when the book is finished.