And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, July 26, 2024
1940 Boeing 307 Stratoliner taxing at Dulles Int'l
My 30-year Air Force career father was PCS-ed to Fuchu AFS in Japan from Hickam AFB in Honolulu back in the late 1950's. I am pretty sure that we rode one of those prop planes back then. It was a year or two before the 707-jet airliner began flying. The trip was grueling...it may have taken us 24 or so hours with at least two refueling stops.
When my grandfather passed away in1959, he had to attend the funeral in Binghamton, New York. We lived in Tokyo, Japan at the time. He flew on the first (ever) non-stop cross-country flight on TWA. I do not know how long the flight took but it certainly was faster than the four prop plane.
As I understand it, the Boeing 307 was based on the B-17. That was back when Boeing designed and built aircraft, then made money on their quality aircraft.
My 30-year Air Force career father was PCS-ed to Fuchu AFS in Japan from Hickam AFB in Honolulu back in the late 1950's. I am pretty sure that we rode one of those prop planes back then. It was a year or two before the 707-jet airliner began flying. The trip was grueling...it may have taken us 24 or so hours with at least two refueling stops.
ReplyDeleteProbably ground down your teeth a bit, still it’s better than hitching a ride with those girls in the Navy…
DeleteWhen I was 18 in the early 70s I flew on a 707 from Chicago to L.A. and there were more stewardesses than passengers.
ReplyDeleteWhen my grandfather passed away in1959, he had to attend the funeral in Binghamton, New York. We lived in Tokyo, Japan at the time. He flew on the first (ever) non-stop cross-country flight on TWA. I do not know how long the flight took but it certainly was faster than the four prop plane.
DeleteMy father attended his father's funeral. Sorry for the screw up.
DeleteAs I understand it, the Boeing 307 was based on the B-17. That was back when Boeing designed and built aircraft, then made money on their quality aircraft.
ReplyDeleteThe first pressurized airliner in revenue service.
DeleteRead “Flying Blind” for the story of Boeings fall.
ReplyDeleteI bet the tires have to be custom made.
ReplyDeleteIt's not just with their aircraft. (H/T to Wirecutter over at Knuckledraggin My Life Away)
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13676155/astronaut-space-trapped-boeing-starliner-malfunction.html