I love that Pan Am paint!
A while back someone made a B-52 with a Pan Am paint job, for a "funny" picture and caption. It was hilarious too, I just can't remember the caption, darn it...
By the bye, are you sure Pan Am never had a Herky-Bird? It seems like they had darn near every thing else in the Aviation world.
My mother was a Pan Am stew, just as a side note. She somehow, and never did tell me how, met my father, a United pilot. They were both flying in the DC-8-62 at the time. Mom had some really funny stories of flights she'd had, too. Like when the Harlem Globetrotters got their (huge) hands onto a tea-cup poodle, and passed it all around the cabin, never leaving their seats. The little dog was returned to his owner, sound asleep. Obviously terrified the
little thing...
The last flight I had on a Herc was delayed, just as we taxid to the hold-short at Osan, for take-off back to Iwakuni. It had become extremely necessary for me to leave, as the AP I was staying with (a lot better than a tent!) had started asking about what colors I liked for wedding dresses. Time for me to GO. Anywho, a C-12 was doing T&G's, and was just coming around for final as we hit the hold-short. Suddenly, I heard our pilot yelling "WHEELS, WHEELS, WHEELS!!!". I looked out the ONE window in the fuselage (RHIP!
), just in time to see the C-12 land perfectly. Without his gear down, but other than that little detail...
We turned around and taxi'd back to the terminal. I spent a miserable night there, as I had already gone through Customs, and they wouldn't let me back in. We left the next morning...
Sorry, I ramble. Great paints on the Herc's!
Have fun all!
Pat☺
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