In article , Bob Moore wrote:
Bush wrote

Capt. Bob Moore can attest to this, however most large airports
on the East coast have approaches over water. Most of these
airports were WWII fields or products of since they were
originally setup for training, and was cheap real estate at the
time. I always take 91.3, if I take fery good care of myself,
everyone in the back will be fine.

Seems as if almost all of PanAm's worldwide destinations were
served by seaside airports. But then, I had spent most of my 10
years of Navy flying (P-2 P-3) at 100'-200' over water both night
and IMC. Hand flying a P-2 Neptune for 12 hours at 100' at night
could very well test one's mettle.

Can only imagine! That sounds pretty challenging, to maintain that level
of proficiency for so long and not get trapped by various risk factors.

Just out of sheer curiosity, what made 100' AGL suitable, but not higher
altitudes? Climb performance, density altitude, weight limits?

-Dan