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Old January 21st 08, 08:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default What did it take to get a ticket in 1946?

Jay Honeck writes:

I saw Arthur Godfrey pilot an Eastern Airlines Constellation.


That was a great video that really captures the era. I've got excerpts
from it he

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...yingwi1953.mpg

and

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...ngwi1953_2.mpg

These are gi-normous downloads, so be patient.


That's where I got the whole thing, although it's on YouTube as well.

I wonder how the real Eastern captain felt as mere copilot to the Hollywood
Eastern captain in the person of Arthur Godfrey.

I also wonder whom the film targeted, since I don't recall hearing about it
before, and I can't find many references to it.