[NRx]

Travel in the land of long ago.

[Fai Mao]

I’ve seen that one.
It is really good

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Bookmark

[DUMBGRUNT]

Now, this is a ride on Boeing Clipper, from long ago!

This Plane Accidentally Flew Around the World
After Pearl Harbor, the crew of Pan Am flight 18602 was forced to do the impossible

https://medium.com/s/story/the-long-way-round-the-plane-that-accidentally-circumnavigated-the-world-c04ca734c6bb

[Roccus]

I used to go to a restaurant in Port Washington, NY (Louie’s?) that had many B/W glossy photos in the tap room of movie stars and dignitaries arriving and/or departing on flying boats. In the NYC area, Port Washington was the main base for these craft until NY Municipal Airport, now LaGuardia, was built with its Marine Air Terminal.

[fso301]

Never fully understood what it was that gave float planes such tremendous range.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I just watched 3/4 of it — really good! I had almost zero knowledge of the flying boat era in the 30s. Living near San Francisco for the past 45 years, I’ve often seen exhibits of the Pan Am Clipper flying boats on the SF - Honolulu run in that era, but didn’t know how the business of machines developed. Great stuff!

Thanks for posting that link.

[Sergio]

YouTube bookmark.

[paul in cape]

I toured Ireland last year, and the guide took us to the Foynes Flying Boat Museum. Fascinating! It was sponsored by Maureen O’Hara, whose husband was a pilot. It’s in Foynes, Killarney, on the river Shannon, which was the only place the planes could land.

If you’re interested in the flying boats’ history, and going to Ireland, I’d highly recommend it.

Www.flyingboatmuseum.com

[urtax$@work]

Ive read lots about them. Juan Trippe (Pan Am founder)had great vision. These global operations required far flung outposts. An excellent book is CANTON ISLAND Crossroads of the Pacific, Carl Oates. Talks about the construction of the facilities on Canton IS. (half way twix Hawaii and NZ ).

Another book is FIX ON THE RISING SUN, written by a former Pan Am and his theory of Japan downing a clipper in 1938. Not convincing to me , but the best parts were about Pan Am in- flight operations, mapping, and some sidebar info on Amelia Earharts’ last flight i had not heard before.

[lurk]

I read an account of Wake Island in WW2, Alamo of the Pacific. It was a triangular sand formation with a harbor in the middle, and Catalinas would fuel up there.

As the Japanese navy closed in, the flying boats fueled up and got out out of dodge.

[Sans-Culotte]

I !ove those planes.

[Paal Gulli]

The Smithsonian Air & Space used to have a section of cabin from a Clipper, arranged as if it was meal service time. Passengers ate on china dishes with real metal flatware. Food probably sidn’t suck, too,

[wjcsux]

With the exception of a couple of PBY’ s , I don’t think any of these magnificent aircraft are around anymore.

[Grimmy]

What killed flying boats was that it was just too hard to keep the sails out of the propellers when tacking up wind.

[Fresh Wind]

There are huge numbers of aviation-related videos and documentaries on YouTube. Watch one, and the YT bot will suggest a bunch more.

[BlueLancer]

One of my favorite shows that didn't last ...