May 9, 20242 yr Flying Tiger Line used to handle military transports. Dad was a young Marine stationed in Germany. My mom was there also. Around 1962 they flew from Germany to the US on an FTL Constellation. Also on board was my older brother who was a baby. I wasn't born for a couple of more years.
May 9, 20242 yr Great shot. Nice that you can relive quite a bit of your family history via the sim. 🙂
May 9, 20242 yr Author 9 minutes ago, John F said: Great shot. Nice that you can relive quite a bit of your family history via the sim. 🙂 Yes I like flying over the bases we grew up on!
May 10, 20242 yr Fine shot from the old Lady buddy ! cheers 😉 08.2024 new PC is online : ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI Mainboard, AMD Ryzen™ 9 7950X3D Prozessor, G.Skill DIMM 64 GB DDR5-6000 (2x 32 GB) Dual-Kit, MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC Grafikkarte, 2x WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD 4 TB - Drive C+D, WD Gold Enterprise Class 12 TB for storage HDD, Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W PC - Power supply, Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Aircooler with 7 Heatpipes, Design Meshify 2 White TG Clear Tint Tower-Case, 3x 4K monitors 2x32 Samsung 1x27 LG 3840x2160, Windows11 Prof. 23H2 - now Windows11 Prof. 25H2 Flightsimulator Hardware: Honeycomb Throttle Bravo, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro, Logitech Flight Joke System, XBox Controller, some Thrustmaster stuff, Winwing CDU Panels.
May 10, 20242 yr 12 hours ago, Todd2 said: Flying Tiger Line used to handle military transports. Dad was a young Marine stationed in Germany. My mom was there also. Around 1962 they flew from Germany to the US on an FTL Constellation. Also on board was my older brother who was a baby. I wasn't born for a couple of more years. You would enjoy a book called “Tiger in the sea” .True story about a FT Connie carrying troops and dependents that had to ditch in the North Atlantic. Seems Flying Tiger had a lot of issues with those planes. They actually lost two that departed from Travis AFB on the same day. One crashed in Alaska ,the other somewhere over the Pacific and was never found. Very interesting book. https://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Sea-Ditching-Desperate-Struggle-ebook/dp/B08X332JNW Edited May 10, 20242 yr by Patco Lch Vic green
May 10, 20242 yr Author 5 hours ago, Patco Lch said: You would enjoy a book called “Tiger in the sea” .True story about a FT Connie carrying troops and dependents that had to ditch in the North Atlantic. Seems Flying Tiger had a lot of issues with those planes. They actually lost two that departed from Travis AFB on the same day. One crashed in Alaska ,the other somewhere over the Pacific and was never found. Very interesting book. https://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Sea-Ditching-Desperate-Struggle-ebook/dp/B08X332JNW Thanks alot I'll look for it.
May 12, 20242 yr Great tidbits from personal life, Todd. BTW, I recall once I'd posted about a (forgotten) DC-3, and you'd mentioned this DC-3 spent its life in one of your assigned stations... I like Flying Tiger Line history...a rich one indeed...!
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