What did it take to get a ticket in 1946?

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:04:01 +0900, Stealth Pilot wrote:

the coment was written that the private pilot in 1970 was expected to
understand more than the commercial pilot of the 1950's.

Was a commercial ticket back in the 1950's all you needed to fly for the
airlines?

I know in the 1970's it required an ATR (Air Transport Rating) but I don't
know when that was started.


--
Dallas

Dallas writes:

Was a commercial ticket back in the 1950's all you needed to fly for the
airlines?

I know in the 1970's it required an ATR (Air Transport Rating) but I don't
know when that was started.

I saw Arthur Godfrey pilot an Eastern Airlines Constellation.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Dallas writes:

Was a commercial ticket back in the 1950's all you needed to fly for
the airlines?

I know in the 1970's it required an ATR (Air Transport Rating) but I
don't know when that was started.

I saw Arthur Godfrey pilot an Eastern Airlines Constellation.


God you are an idiot.

Bertie

I saw Arthur Godfrey pilot an Eastern Airlines Constellation.

That was a great video that really captures the era. I've got excerpts
from it he

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...yingwi1953.mpg

and

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...ngwi1953_2.mpg

These are gi-normous downloads, so be patient.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck writes:

I saw Arthur Godfrey pilot an Eastern Airlines Constellation.

That was a great video that really captures the era. I've got excerpts
from it he

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...yingwi1953.mpg

and

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...ngwi1953_2.mpg

These are gi-normous downloads, so be patient.

That's where I got the whole thing, although it's on YouTube as well.

I wonder how the real Eastern captain felt as mere copilot to the Hollywood
Eastern captain in the person of Arthur Godfrey.

I also wonder whom the film targeted, since I don't recall hearing about it
before, and I can't find many references to it.

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:04:21 +0100, Mxsmanic
wrote in :

I wonder how the real Eastern captain felt as mere copilot to the Hollywood
Eastern captain in the person of Arthur Godfrey.


Henry Tindall "Dick" Merrill was the Eastern Airlines captain on that
flight. Judging from the account below, and Merrill's book, The Wings
Of Man," it would appear that Merrill and Godfrey were personal
friends.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581276/bio
... The couple settled in Miami with Dick assigned the Eastern
Airlines Miami to New York runs with occasional flights to South
America. Too old for a commission, Dick signed on as a civilian
MTD pilot and flew the China-Burma "Hump" in DC3's and C-46
Commandos during the war conducting critical supply lights and
survey missions. He returned to Eastern Airlines after the war and
officially retired from Eastern Airlines on Oct. 3, 1961 after
flying a DC8 from New York to Miami, reputedly with the most air
miles of any pilot in commercial aviation history, and ranked as
the second most senior pilot with the airline. Dick continued to
fly into his 80's whenever the opportunity arose, accompanying
friend Arthur Godfrey on an around the world flight in 1966, set a
speed record at age 78, delivering a Lockheed L-1011 Tri-Star from
California to Miami at an average 710 MPH ground speed, and once
flew an SST Concorde. Virtually no civilian pilot in the history
of aviation piloted such a vast range of aircraft. After Dick's
death in October, 1982, Toby spent the remainder of her life
actively promoting her husband's rightful place in the annals of
aviation history. ...


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323960/bio
... He [Arthur Godfrey] was rated as a Naval Aviator in 1950 (his
previous attempts to serve during the war were thwarted by a leg
injury). He was certified to fly virtually every type of aircraft
in existence during his lifetime (rotor, jet, multiple engine,
helicopter, holding FAA type ratings from the DC-3 to the
Constellation) and was an honorary pilot for Eastern Airlines. He
appeared in a 1953 Eastern Airlines film with famed pilot Dick
Merrill at the helm of a Constellation. His friend Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker gave him a customized DC-3 in 1947, which he more
than returned in kind through plugs for the airline along with his
endorsements about flying safety to his millions of flying-wary
listeners during the 1940s. ...

Larry Dighera writes:

Henry Tindall "Dick" Merrill was the Eastern Airlines captain on that
flight. Judging from the account below, and Merrill's book, The Wings
Of Man," it would appear that Merrill and Godfrey were personal
friends.

He looked rather nervous and unhappy in the film, but perhaps he wasn't used
to being in the movies. I was surprised that he turned down Godfrey's offer
of a Chesterfield cigarette.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Larry Dighera writes:

Henry Tindall "Dick" Merrill was the Eastern Airlines captain on that
flight. Judging from the account below, and Merrill's book, The
Wings Of Man," it would appear that Merrill and Godfrey were personal
friends.

He looked rather nervous and unhappy in the film, but perhaps he
wasn't used to being in the movies. I was surprised that he turned
down Godfrey's offer of a Chesterfield cigarette.


Why, that "yer brand"?

Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Jay Honeck writes:

I saw Arthur Godfrey pilot an Eastern Airlines Constellation.

That was a great video that really captures the era. I've got
excerpts from it he

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...-16-Flyingwi19
53.mpg

and

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...-16_Flyingwi19
53_2.mpg

These are gi-normous downloads, so be patient.

That's where I got the whole thing, although it's on YouTube as well.

I wonder how the real Eastern captain felt as mere copilot to the
Hollywood Eastern captain in the person of Arthur Godfrey.


He probably felt like the Captain.

I also wonder whom the film targeted, since I don't recall hearing
about it before, and I can't find many references to it.

Idiot

Bertie

On Jan 21, 5:30*am, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
I saw Arthur Godfrey pilot an Eastern Airlines Constellation.

That was a great video that really captures the era. * I've got excerpts
from it he

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...2-16-Flyingwi1...

and

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...2-16_Flyingwi1...

These are gi-normous downloads, so be patient.

Like anthony has somewhere to be


Bertie