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Old May 23, 2014 | 9:55 am
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Sabai
 
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Originally Posted by CarmenOM
Before the advent of jets, Midway, Wake, and Guam were the regular refueling stops between Honolulu and SE Asia. When my family moved to Indonesia in 1953 we began with a visit to Manila and flew SFO-HNL-Midway-Wake-Guam-MNL. I think it took about 36 hours. IIRC, the airports on those little atolls were just wooden sheds.
If I recall correctly, refueling stops were also needed with jets. I remember flying PA 747-100s transpacs and there were stops where we took on fuel. I think the 747SP was designed to obviate the need for these.
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