Fabulous way to get to HNL (Vintage Footage of 1950s Flights on UA)
Mar 14, 2018, 3:42 am
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Fabulous way to get to HNL (Vintage Footage of 1950s Flights on UA)
I can only imagine what this must have been like. Dont know how many hours this flight took but from the service levels provided I really wouldnt have minded if it took all day
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Mar 14, 2018, 5:51 am
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Wow, that's neat. Thanks for sharing!
Really gets me excited for our Hawaii trip later this year.
Perhaps this is better asked in the UA forum, but can anyone advise where the Hawaiian Lounge and Private State Room are located on the 757-300?
Really gets me excited for our Hawaii trip later this year.
Perhaps this is better asked in the UA forum, but can anyone advise where the Hawaiian Lounge and Private State Room are located on the 757-300?
Mar 14, 2018, 2:28 pm
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Wow, thanks for sharing!
For the Stratocruiser, flight times were about 9:45 according to Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_377_Stratocruiser
According to this 1957 time table (they were using a DC-7 by then), flight times were indeed 9.5-10 hours.
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...57/ua57-08.jpg
And to think that you can fly all the way from the east coast to HNL, non-stop, in about that time on a 767 today!
EDIT: Found the fare table. A one-way fare from Washington (Dulles, I am guessing) to Honolulu was $223, which according to a CPI inflation calculator, was about $2011 in Feb. 2018.
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...57/ua57-11.jpg
For the Stratocruiser, flight times were about 9:45 according to Wikipedia:
Typical airline cruise was less than 300 mph (260 kn; 480 km/h); in August 1953, Pan Am and United B377s (and United DC-6s) were scheduled between Honolulu and San Francisco (2,398 mi (3,859 km)) in 9 h 45 min each way.
According to this 1957 time table (they were using a DC-7 by then), flight times were indeed 9.5-10 hours.
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...57/ua57-08.jpg
And to think that you can fly all the way from the east coast to HNL, non-stop, in about that time on a 767 today!
EDIT: Found the fare table. A one-way fare from Washington (Dulles, I am guessing) to Honolulu was $223, which according to a CPI inflation calculator, was about $2011 in Feb. 2018.
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...57/ua57-11.jpg
Last edited by windhund; Mar 14, 2018 at 2:49 pm
Mar 15, 2018, 10:01 am
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Found the fare table. A one-way fare from Washington (Dulles, I am guessing) to Honolulu was $223, which according to a CPI inflation calculator, was about $2011 in Feb. 2018.
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...57/ua57-11.jpg
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...57/ua57-11.jpg
Mar 15, 2018, 7:53 pm
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--Those Stratoliners were whales! Very tubby looking. And apparently, the lower level lounge had no windows.
--21st Century germophobes will be aghast at the girl grabbing seven items off the buffet...with bare fingers.
--21st Century germophobes will be aghast at the girl grabbing seven items off the buffet...with bare fingers.
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Mar 16, 2018, 12:44 pm
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Mar 16, 2018, 9:28 pm
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