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Matt Tucciarone - Feb 26,2013
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Now this was a seaplane adventure!!
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Daniel Paul Myers - Feb 26,2013
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For a second there I had to make sure they weren't talking about Mr. Nickens...
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Wayne Nagy - Feb 26,2013
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Amazing!
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Frank A. Carr - Feb 27,2013
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Amazing trip. Are we sure the engines were "Top Secret" and if so, how did they get onto a commercially built and flown airplane?<!-- >'"><br><font color=red size=6>' or > missing in user HTML. Please fix the HTML.</font> -->
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Kenneth Leonard - Feb 28,2013
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They became top secret along with any technology that the germans/japanese might not have as soon as the war kicked off.
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Robert Charlwood Richardson - Mar 01,2013
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The ties between industry and military were tighter then than now. <br />Remember how small the US military was in the 1930. Think about the <br />navigation feat. Remember Linberg flew the Atlantic in 1929 and Emila <br />Earhart flying the Pacific in the mid 1930's. Then here we have these <br />flying ships flying the Pacific shortly there after. I remember my father <br />who commanded in 1942 a flying unit on Ascension Island in <br />the mid South Atlantic telling me how hard it was for the Army transport <br />& bomber commands to find or train trans ocean navigators. They were <br />recruiting retired civil marine navigators who knew how to use a <br />sextant. He said his B-25 navigator for his 1st flight from Brazil to <br />Ascensen (@1700 mile) was fresh out of training. Just think what it <br />took to find a small island after dead reckon 1000+ miles. Airmanship.
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Frank A. Carr - Mar 02,2013
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That's a great point Robert. Especially for those of us raised on VOR, LORAN, or GPS. There are continuing ties however. Garmin, and some others in industry would probably not exist if it weren't for the Navy experimenting with Transit leading to the USAF installing the GPS network. With current GPS technology, at least for local flying (i.e. USA) the old adage of Aviate, Navigate, and Communicate can be revised to Aviate and Communicate; Navigation has become a trivial task for us compared to those flying the oceans in the 30's, 40's etc.<!-- >'"><br><font color=red size=6>' or > missing in user HTML. Please fix the HTML.</font> -->
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