Two new articles have been posted under the Articles of Interest Section on this web-site.
The first is: Elgen Long: “The Way It Was…” and recounts the career of Member Elgen Long from his early days in the 1930s and 1940s as a radio operator and navigator on Boeing 314 “China Clipper” amphibians for World Airways, Consolidated PBYs for the United States Navy, and DC-4s for Alaska Airlines, to his subsequent positions as a pilot for the Flying Tiger Line on C-46s, DC-4s, DC-8s, and finally B-747s.
The second is The Great Albatross Caper, and recounts the events of the very humorous last leg of a trans-Pacific flight in a Grumman Albatross, flown by Members Mark H Goodrich and Bill Charney. It not only addresses the ways in which such flights – 15 to 20 hours in length – were made before the advent of GPS navigation, but also reveals the FAA to be a home for the congenitally bewildered, which will be a surprise to no one who has dealt with the agency.
Enjoy.
