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International air travel before TSA
« on: November 30, 2013, 03:30:48 PM »
http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/what-international-air-travel-was-like-in-the-1930s-1471258414

Just imagine - London to India in just 6 days!

20 intermediate stops between London and Singapore, and for some unknown reason your luggage arrrives along with you.  Where did they go wrong?

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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2013, 04:50:49 PM »
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A flight from London to Brisbane, Australia, for instance, (the longest route available in 1938) took 11 days and included over two dozen scheduled stops. Today, people can make that journey in just 22 hours, with a single layover in Hong Kong, and pay less than $2,000 for a round trip ticket.

Of course, back then you got a seat with a real table, and enough legroom for an adult human to breathe. Today you get so little legroom that anyone over about 5'-5" can't survive a flight of more than 45 minutes.

Yes, you can fly first class and get a bit more space -- but then you're back up in the $20,000 price range.
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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2013, 04:56:16 PM »
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Today, people can make that journey in just 22 hours

Not counting hours in traffic to get to the airport, plus getting through TSA  ;/
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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2013, 05:07:49 PM »
I remember old Elmer Keith writing that on his African hunt he carried a .500 NE double rifle (broken down) and some ammo on the plane, just in case his checked bag was lost.
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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2013, 05:18:33 PM »
Quote from: HankB on November 30, 2013, 05:07:49 PM
I remember old Elmer Keith writing that on his African hunt he carried a .500 NE double rifle (broken down) and some ammo on the plane, just in case his checked bag was lost.

Don't remember if it was that rifle but he had some issues, and had to pay bribe money, in one country to get it across.
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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2013, 05:42:30 PM »
Longest flight I ever took was Manila to Honolulu via Tokyo. Had about a 10 hour lay over in Tokyo/Narita airport and still made it to check in at Pearl Harbor an hour after I checked out of Manila Naval Station. The ship's Yeoman hooked me up in Clipper Class. Pan-Am was a classy way to fly.
I actualy had to fight about getting my days travel per diem.
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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2013, 05:57:19 PM »
My longest was from San Diego to Tomakomai Japan, 12 hour flight.
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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2013, 06:51:43 PM »
My longest flight was from Moffett Field CA, to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and back to Moffett Field. 14.7 hrs.  ;)  The longest commercial flight I can remember is the flight from McGuire AFB to Frankfurt, Germany via Newfoundland and Shannon. A lot of the trip is very fuzzy, I was just a pup. This was before jets made it to the big time. Coming home 4 years later via jet was about 6.5 hrs IIRC, we were diverted to Charleston AFB.

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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2013, 10:01:14 PM »
Chicago to Hong Kong.

There wasn't near enough booze to keep us as well lubricated as we needed to be.
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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2013, 10:05:52 PM »
Anyone know what the plane in the fourth picture is?
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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2013, 10:06:29 PM »
LAX to CHC.  13 hours non-stop.  Hate the trip, love the destination.  Just wish, with 4 kids, that I could afford to do that again.
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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2013, 10:38:14 PM »
Quote from: Regolith on December 01, 2013, 10:05:52 PM
Anyone know what the plane in the fourth picture is?

If you are talking about the biplane, I think I have it narrowed down to  a Handley Page 42 / 45

http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/handley_hp-42.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_H.P.42E



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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2013, 10:49:31 PM »
Quote from: BobR on December 01, 2013, 10:38:14 PM
If you are talking about the biplane, I think I have it narrowed down to  a Handley Page 42 / 45

http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/handley_hp-42.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_H.P.42E

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Ah, thank you. I've never seen a biplane that big before. Thing's a beast.
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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2013, 09:03:37 AM »
Quote from: Regolith on December 01, 2013, 10:05:52 PM
Anyone know what the plane in the fourth picture is?

If you right click on the image you can "Search Google for this image" to get the description of the image. It can make almost anyone look like an aviation genius!

The plane in the fifth picture is the G-ADSR, Armstrong Whitworth AW27 Ensign 1, C/N: AW1156.

See!
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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2013, 09:58:24 AM »
Quote from: Sergeant Bob on December 02, 2013, 09:03:37 AM
If you right click on the image you can "Search Google for this image" to get the description of the image. It can make almost anyone look like an aviation genius!

The plane in the fifth picture is the G-ADSR, Armstrong Whitworth AW27 Ensign 1, C/N: AW1156.

See!

What browser are you running? I don't get that option in IE.  =|

But, tineye can also be very helpful, it just takes a little more searching most times.

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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #15 on: December 02, 2013, 10:14:08 AM »
Quote from: BobR on December 02, 2013, 09:58:24 AM
What browser are you running? I don't get that option in IE.  =|

But, tineye can also be very helpful, it just takes a little more searching most times.

bob

I'm using Chrome.

I checked I.E. and Firefox, and it doesn't work for me either.

I guess we all have to succumb to Google's attempt at world domination.
« Last Edit: December 02, 2013, 10:19:39 AM by Sergeant Bob »
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Re: International air travel before TSA
« Reply #16 on: December 02, 2013, 10:20:47 AM »
Quote from: BobR on December 02, 2013, 09:58:24 AM
What browser are you running? I don't get that option in IE.  =|

But, tineye can also be very helpful, it just takes a little more searching most times.

bob

Don't have to be a genius to look like an aviation genius, but you do have to dump IE.

Quote from: freakazoid on November 30, 2013, 05:18:33 PM
Don't remember if it was that rifle but he had some issues, and had to pay bribe money, in one country to get it across.

He was going to Africa. 
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