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Pan Am's short film about the 50th anniversary of the company with a record-setting flight ''Flight 50'' round the world over the North and South Poles, celebrated on October 28-30 1977. | Pan Am's short film about the 50th anniversary of the company with a record-setting flight ''Flight 50'' round the world over the North and South Poles, celebrated on October 28-30 1977. | ||
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== [[:Category: Douglas World Cruiser|Douglas World Cruiser ''Chicago'']] == | == [[:Category: Douglas World Cruiser|Douglas World Cruiser ''Chicago'']] == |
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Documentary (1977)
Production:
Pan American World Airways
Also from this series:
Pan Am's other series
Pan Am's short film about the 50th anniversary of the company with a record-setting flight Flight 50 round the world over the North and South Poles, celebrated on October 28-30 1977.
Douglas World Cruiser Chicago
No.2 Chicago was one of the 2 DWCs (over 4) who achieved first aerial circumnavigation of the world in 1924.
Registration 25-1230, c/n 146. Configuration with floats.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Lockheed Vega 5C
Registration NR105W c/n 122 built in 1929.Nicknamed Winnie Mae. This specially modified 5C Vega set the record in 1931 for a flight around the world, taking 8 days in the hands of Wiley H. Post and Harold Gatty. Post repeated the feat solo, taking only 7 days in July 1933. In March 1935, Post flew this Vega high enough from Burbank to Cleveland to be operating in the jetstream.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Boeing 747SP-21
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