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To: Ace's Dad

“Doesn’t matter what he has to say. This was looked at seriously 50 years ago, when I was in flight school. The Physics alone make it unsafe. “

Fifty years ago a twin-engine could not be certified for trans-Pacific


49 posted on 04/25/2017 2:59:56 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator; Ace's Dad
Fifty years ago a twin-engine could not be certified for trans-Pacific The Navy flew twin engine planes from the west coast to Hawaii as early as 1934. It just took a little over 24 hours for the flight.

DC-3s flew from San Francisco to Hawaii in 1941.

92 posted on 04/25/2017 4:15:47 PM PDT by PAR35
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