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Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto
In 1959, my family flew from Okinawa to Manila on a Civil Air Transport DC-4. Later found out the airline was a front for the CIA and their covert operations in that area. Here is a photo of klutzy me (on the left) and the aircraft during our stop over in Taipei. Love the security measures back then.
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In 1959 my Air Force pilot father was assigned to the Hawaiin Territory. We flew to Hawaii from San Fransisco in a converted C-54. We all sat facing the tail of the airplane. Unpressurized, prop powered airplane. Nothing to look at but waves, endless waves.
After 8 hours or 9 hours I asked my mom if we had moved into the airplane and was this our new home? 240 MPH cruise speed. 2,400 miles is 10 hours.