Friday, December 26, 2008

THE CAPTAINS IN FLIGHT REPORT EASTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT 654 JANUARY 1950




THE CAPTAINS IN FLIGHT REPORT
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Here is one of those great little items from the long ago days of flying, an actual in-flight progress report for the passengers, written by the flight crew.
This report is from Eastern Airlines Flight 654 a DC-3 flight from Miami to Boston on January 20, 1950.
Unfortunately they never wrote down the tail number of the DC-3, but looking at my old airways chart the flight was flying over Camden S.C. along RED 16 with Florence as its next POR.


WHAT COMFORT

The Schedule for 654 was:

Miami…………… Lv.8:35 A.M.

Vero Beach………. Lv. 9:35 A.M.

Daytona …………..Lv 10:29 A.M.

Jacksonville …….. Ar 11:10 A.M.
…….. Lv 11:30 A.M.

Charleston SC….. Lv 12:54 P.M.

Charlotte N.C……Ar 2:09 P.M.
Lv 2:19 P.M.

Greensboro NC …Lv 3:06 P.M.

Washington DC…Ar 4:45 P.M.
Lv 5:10 P.M.

Baltimore……….Ar 5:32 P.M.
Lv 5:40 P.M.

Atlantic City…....Lv 6:40 P.M

Newark……….. Ar. 7:20 P.M.
Lv 7:50 P.M.

Boston………...Ar. 9:15 P.M.




Almost 13 hours in an old DC-3, that would have been fun.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

EASTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBERING SYSTEM 1957


Martins From Eastern Airlines
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It is interesting to note how the airlines figured out their schedules and the numbering system for their trips. Here is how Eastern airlines designated their flight numbers...Interesting....From the Eastern Airlines Flight Operations Manual



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Eastern DC-4...DC-7B...Lockheed Constellation PArt of the Great Silver Fleet.
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