Sailing Off to Hawaii
Podcast |
Plane Tales
Publisher |
Capt Nick
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Aviation, 
Comedy, 
History
Categories Via RSS |
Aviation, 
Comedy, 
Leisure, 
Places & Travel, 
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Apr 16, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:20:09
Hawaii became the most recent state to join the union in 1959 and is now the third wealthiest.  Following it’s annexation, Hawaii became an important naval base for the US Navy so it is hardly surprising that they should be the first to attempt a flight from the US mainland to the island.  Aviation had already arrived at the islands in 1910 courtesy of Bud Mars, the Curtiss Daredevil.   The Hawaiian Archipelago   The annexation of Hawaii   J C Mars   Commander John Rodgers   Rodgers in the Wright Flyer   The PN9 flying boat   Rodgers and his crew survive to be welcomed into Hawaii   The Atlantic-Fokker C-2 Tri-motor   Atlantic-Fokker C-2 "Bird of Paradise" arrival in Hawaii   The start of the Dole Air Race   In all, six aircraft were lost or damaged beyond repair and ten lives lost.   Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Google Map Images, Bain News Service, Harris and Ewing, the Library of Congress, Hawaii Aviation, the USAF and the SDASM.           Images under Creatiove Commons licence with thanks to
Hawaii became the most recent state to join the union in 1959 and is now the third wealthiest.  Following it’s annexation, Hawaii became an important naval base for the US Navy so it is hardly surprising that they should be the first to attempt a flight from the US mainland to the island.  Aviation had already arrived at the islands in 1910 courtesy of Bud Mars, the Curtiss Daredevil.   The Hawaiian Archipelago   The annexation of Hawaii   J C Mars   Commander John Rodgers   Rodgers in the Wright Flyer   The PN9 flying boat   Rodgers and his crew survive to be welcomed into Hawaii   The Atlantic-Fokker C-2 Tri-motor   Atlantic-Fokker C-2 "Bird of Paradise" arrival in Hawaii   The start of the Dole Air Race   In all, six aircraft were lost or damaged beyond repair and ten lives lost.   Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Google Map Images, Bain News Service, Harris and Ewing, the Library of Congress, Hawaii Aviation, the USAF and the SDASM.           Images under Creatiove Commons licence with thanks to

Hawaii became the most recent state to join the union in 1959 and is now the third wealthiest.  Following it’s annexation, Hawaii became an important naval base for the US Navy so it is hardly surprising that they should be the first to attempt a flight from the US mainland to the island.  Aviation had already arrived at the islands in 1910 courtesy of Bud Mars, the Curtiss Daredevil.

 

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The Hawaiian Archipelago

 

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The annexation of Hawaii

 

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J C Mars

 

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Commander John Rodgers

 

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Rodgers in the Wright Flyer

 

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The PN9 flying boat

 

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Rodgers and his crew survive to be welcomed into Hawaii

 

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The Atlantic-Fokker C-2 Tri-motor

 

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Atlantic-Fokker C-2 “Bird of Paradise” arrival in Hawaii

 

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The start of the Dole Air Race

 

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In all, six aircraft were lost or damaged beyond repair and ten lives lost.

 

Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Google Map Images, Bain News Service, Harris and Ewing, the Library of Congress, Hawaii Aviation, the USAF and the SDASM.

 

 

 

 

 

Images under Creatiove Commons licence with thanks to

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