To: ConservativeStatement
They had to wait while some people left Guam so the balance could be preserved.
2 posted on
07/12/2014 4:28:35 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: ConservativeStatement
I always get diverted to places like Duluth, Midway would be extra cool!
To: ConservativeStatement
“...was the site of an important U.S. military base during World War II.”
Huh. That was that thing with Hitler wasn’t it?
8 posted on
07/12/2014 4:33:29 PM PDT by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
To: ConservativeStatement
Maybe they blew an environmental pack. If you blow the turbine you get a lot of smoke.
9 posted on
07/12/2014 4:33:39 PM PDT by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: ConservativeStatement
I’m surprised they didn’t go through a time warp and come out at June 1942.
12 posted on
07/12/2014 4:35:36 PM PDT by
MUDDOG
To: ConservativeStatement
When did we leave Midway? I was on a plane that landed there in 1973. We also landed at Wake Island. Both of them were nail biters.
15 posted on
07/12/2014 4:36:55 PM PDT by
VerySadAmerican
(Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
To: ConservativeStatement
I landed n Midway in early on my way to the Nam. Pretty sparse terminal facilities at the time.
24 posted on
07/12/2014 4:50:09 PM PDT by
x1stcav
(Leftism is like rust. It corrodes twenty-four hous a day.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Well, that is better than a water landing any day! Twill be interesting how United extricates this flight and its passengers and when.
FYI: Midway was at its peak during the days of the “PanAm Clipper” seaplane flights (Sikorsky S-42, Martin M-130, Boeing 314) between San Francisco and Manila. Max passengers ranged from the M-130’s 36 to the 314’s 74. Flight took a week and stopped overnight at Honolulu, Midway, Wake and Guam.
26 posted on
07/12/2014 5:10:21 PM PDT by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: ConservativeStatement
My Dad used to travel quite frequently to Japan during the 50’s.He told of the flights going from San Francisco or LA (can't recall which) to Honolulu...onto Midway...and then to Tokyo.I recall him saying that the stops were all refueling stops.
38 posted on
07/12/2014 6:24:01 PM PDT by
SayNoToDems
(Will the dancing Hitlers please wait in the wings? We're only seeing singing Hitlers.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Are they having trouble with their fresh water condenser?
41 posted on
07/12/2014 7:06:57 PM PDT by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: ConservativeStatement
“An electrical odor filled the Boeing 777 aircraft...”
Hmmmm...related?
Smelling farts could be the best thing you do today [bizarre “health discovery”]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3179273/posts
FReeper comment:
“He’s coding! Quick, pull my finger!”
Someone must have pulled the finger of the guy who just happened to be on this flight.
43 posted on
07/12/2014 7:17:30 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: ConservativeStatement
Isn’t that where the gooney birds nest on the runway?
To: ConservativeStatement
I love stopping off in Guam, the bar in the airport has a bunch of memorabilia of when the Pan Am clippers would stop there. Plus landing on islands is cool..
To: ConservativeStatement
Must have been serious to have to land at a strip that appears to not having been maintained in years.
55 posted on
07/13/2014 4:13:16 AM PDT by
DAC21
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson