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There was no separate service called the Air Force under FDR. Air craft belonged to the Army Air Corps, the Navy or the Marines.
There was no separate service called the Air Force under FDR. Air craft belonged to the Army Air Corps, the Navy or the Marines.
the old connie. first plane i flew on when i was a kid. it actually has reverse thrust
The Sacred Cow was a Douglas DC-4.
the old connie. first plane i flew on when i was a kid. it actually has reverse thrust
My first time returning from Europe in 1960 was on a chartered Connie. Narrow cabin. We flew Frankfurt, to Ireland, to Goose Bay, and to NY.
One heck of a flight. In March.
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt flew to the Casablanca Conference in 1943 on board a commercial Boeing 314 Clipper Ship, he became the first U.S. president to fly while in office. Concerned about relying upon commercial airlines to transport the president, the USAAF leaders ordered the conversion of a military aircraft to accommodate the special needs of the Commander in Chief.
After encountering difficulties with converting a C-87A transport, the USAAF arranged with Douglas Aircraft to construct a new transport aircraft specifically for presidential use. Nicknamed the Sacred Cow, this VC-54C became the first military aircraft to transport a U.S. president when President Roosevelt took it to the USSR for the Yalta Conference in February 1945.
Factsheets Douglas VC-54C Sacred Cow