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Old Jul 15, 2019, 2:28 pm
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Originally Posted by pinniped
My first trip to Hawaii was in a C-130 sitting on the webbed seats. 8 hours from an airfield near Sacramento to HNL. Fortunately that's a pretty roomy ride for 50-60 people, and we had coolers full of sandwiches and drinks.
yep, been there: Aug 1977, Van Nuys to HNL, droning along at 23000 ft or so for 8+45 in a Lockheed Converter ("It converts Jet A into noise, smoke, and vibration") just like the one you mention
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