The Long Way Home
Now THAT'S.a clipper!
This should be a movie.
Directed by Steven Spielberg.
Starring Tom Hanks.
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https://youtu.be/hW03fbBHDNI?si=QZawGrXmoSJ4QTrT
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My problem, of which many here are aware but you're new here, is that I'm unable to open a YouTube. The Long Way Home was a TV movie starring Jack Lemmon.
That would be great. I love stories from the early decades of the 20th century that are about real people and events.
To this day I am still surprised at how many vids show people trying to put out grease fires using water. Anyway the fire blanket seems like a good idea
You can put out a grease fire using water. I have seen it done when I went to Navy fire fight school. You just have to be sure to use a very, very fine mist. It is not the recommended way but will work if you have nothing else.
Cool, now that you mentioned it we used water mixed with foam to put out oil fires during my Navy fire fighting training. Lol still doesn't mean running one under the tap for a kitchen fire is a good idea
An intriguing story and certainly would make a good movie.
Agreed, Almost shot down by the Japanese and our allies, ran out of runway right at the waterfall
and landed in a minefield.
Amazing that they had a spare engine and nacelle along that route.
I first learned of this amazing story from a WashPost article several years ago.
A writer and producer are currently teamed exploring a movie possibility.
There's a book titled " The Long Way Home " by Ed Dover. (The video looks like it was based on that book.) Boeing constructed only 12 of the 314 clippers for commercial use. Sikorsky built comparable aircraft with the S-44/VS-44 clipper and the S-43 baby clipper. The Short Brothers produced the S.30 Empire and the S.45 Solent but the appeal of flying boats was on the wane.