'Pan-Am - Crossing the Pacific'

[Simpo Two]

Freeview 84 PBS America 'Pan-Am - Crossing the Pacific'.

Three part series starting tonight at 10.50pm.



I still wonder if you could buy a return ticket from a bloke called One Trip

[Penguinracer]

Thanks for the heads-up.
This was definitely the “Golden Age” of air travel.

As an expat Kiwi, in a similar vein I can recommend the book “Coral Route” which traces the history of TEAL’s ( now Air Mew Zealand) Solent Flying Boat from Auckland > Suva, Fiji > Aitutaki Lagoon, Cook Islands > Papeete, Taihiti.

This service ran from 1951-60.

[Penguinracer]

Details:
“Coral Route” by Philip Heath & Gerry Barton
ISBN-10 : 1927242894
Hardcover
Published 2015

[Simpo Two]

Thanks; the cheapest copy I can find is $100+, but in return I can recommend 'The Long Way Round': https://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Way-Home-Revised-Jou...

[Penguinracer]

Here’s a £30 copy on EBay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235114102434?_trkparms=...

[Penguinracer]

Having got married on a deserted islet (motu) in Aitutaki Lagoon & honeymooned in Tahiti & the Marquesas, the South Pacific holds a special place in my heart.

Forget your airliner loaded hoards like in the Caribbean, this is the stuff of genuine, deserted tropical island day dreams.