Reached Ohio, where poor weather required the crew to use Columbus The flight went well, encountering mostly cross winds until it Industry, it was a chance that we should take." (2) Rickenbacker later wrote that "It was taking a great chance,īut, in the light of what was happening to the entire air transport One of whom was Eddie Rickenbacker, the leading American ace of World Passengers-newsmen and two of the three pilots were airline executives, To highlight theĮvent, the sleek, twin engine transport carried an unusual crew and
(1) The proposed flight wasĭaring, as a storm was forecast over its terminus, just twenty minutesĪfter the estimated arrival, if the aircraft took off at its announcedĭeparture time and if it made record breaking time. Technologies for propeller driven aircraft. Travel, with a plane that incorporated almost all of the aviation It would also show off "the latest word" in air Publicity stunt intending to set a transcontinental transport speed The flight was a well-planned and well-covered "City of Los Angeles," took off from that city and headed eastįor Newark, New Jersey. Late on February 19, 1934, a brand new Douglas DC-1 named, APA style: 'Fiasco' revisited: the Air Corps & the 1934 air mail episode.
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