The Long Way Home - Revised Edition: A Journey Into History with Captain Robert Ford - Paperback
by Ed Dover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Ed DoverISBN-13:9780615214726ISBN-10:061521472XUPC:9780615214726Book Category:TransportationBook Subcategory:AviationBook Topic:HistorySize:9.02 x 5.98 x 0.39 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC0J3R58YV
The Long Way Home - Revised Edition: A Journey Into History with Captain Robert Ford
The story of how a Pan American Airways B-314 flying boat, caught in the South Pacific, made an unplanned flight around the world following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Flying in total secrecy and radio blackout, Captain Ford and his 10 man crew flew over 31,500 miles in six weeks, avoiding enemy action in their effort to return safely to the United States. An...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ed DoverISBN-13:9780615214726ISBN-10:061521472XUPC:9780615214726Book Category:TransportationBook Subcategory:AviationBook Topic:HistorySize:9.02 x 5.98 x 0.39 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC0J3R58YV
Ed Dover joined Pan American in 1942 as a Flight Radio Officer and made many flights aboard Pan Am's flying boats, including several on the Pacific Clipper. With the elimination of radio officers after WW II, he joined the Civil Aeronautics Authority (forerunner of the FAA) and during the early years of his thirty-three year career with the FAA he was assigned communications duties in Hawaii and...
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