The Long Way Round: The Plane that Accidentally Circumnavigated the World

[jw33]

https://medium.com/lapsed-historian/the-long-way-round-the-plane-that-accidentally-circumnavigated-the-world-c04ca734c6bb

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, the crew of Pan Am flight 18602 were forced to do something almost impossible: return to America the long way round.

You're welcome.

[Strychnine]

Badass read!

Fuck filling a plane with 4000+ gallons of fuel one jerry can at a time.

I think I'll go buy that book

[mardyn]

I read that story a few months back... what a great (and scary) adventure that must have been.

mardyn

[yellowstang]

I had to do something similar coming home from work when there was a wreck on 377.

[shumpertdavid]

That was a neat read, had to be a helluva an adventure and experience, can't imagine the river take offs nor flying that big pig through the canyons of. The Congo

[shumpertdavid]

One Man's War is a great read as well. The story of Tommy LaMorre in WWII

[helosailor]

Definitely a different caliber of men back then.

[inline 6]

Great read, would make a kick ass movie if they stayed true to the story.