"Marc Reeve" wrote in message
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Gann was co-pilot on an LB-30 (cargo version). I recall reading an
article he wrote that appeared in Reader's Digest (don't know where it
originally appeared) where he talked of almost taking out the Taj Mahal
when taking off somewhat overloaded from Accra airport on a hot day,
then losing power temporarily on one engine shortly after takeoff.

That article was what got me reading his books.

-Marc

The aircraft Gann flew as a contract pilot for American Airlines during WWII
was designated a C-87.

Accra is in Ghana, West Africa...You've mislocated the Taj Mahal.

Tex Houston