C-47

AND the C-47 was considered new and very fast.

I think the C-47 was fairly fast.
One trip, in a different aircraft, that took a while was one from Moffett
Field Naval Air Station in California to Tokyo, Japan in 1947. We went in a
C-54 and the trip took five days!! There were night stops in Hawaii,
Kwajalein, Guam and Johnston Island. It was a MATS flight and they were in
no hurry. I wasn't aircrew, I was a passenger. To put it into
perspective.....we went to Moffet Field from San Francisco. Getting to San
Francisco also was a five day trip.....across the US from Philadelphia by
train. Pullman cars, dining cars, etc made it a real experience. There's
nothing like the French toast the cooks served in the morning on that
train!!
I lived in Japan from when I was four until I was eleven, Tom in Pensacola


"Jim" wrote in message
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AND the C-47 was considered new and very fast.

Ahhh, the golden age of travel.

I don't go that far back though. I still like the train better than air.