Comments on: Berlin-New York Round Trip Takes Less Than Two Days (Nov, 1938)

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:37:45 +0000

I think it had more to do with who was innovating in aviation at the time. If you were going to stage an impressive flight from Berlin, where would you go? Capetown? New York is the obvious choice. If it were being done by Americans I’ll bet that the other city would just as likely have been Paris or London.

By: jayessell

jayessell — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:01:53 +0000

Clarlie, a not that long ago article described a suborbital Berlin to New York passenger rocket.
Now… A berlin to New York passenger aircraft?

Was there realy that much demand for Berlin/New York travel in the 1930s?

By: Blurgle

Blurgle — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:50:52 +0000

Not sure what happened to the code there, but it was the Lituanica.

By: Blurgle

Blurgle — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:50:14 +0000

The problem is, the Condor couldn't have made it all the way across with a full complement of passengers. It simply didn't have the power. Much more interesting is the first nonstop airmail flight from America to Europe. Few Americans know about the flight of the , but the aviators are honoured on Lithuanian currency.

By: avatar28

avatar28 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:25:12 +0000

Hehe. We’re so spoiled. I could, if I had the money, hop onto a plane at JFK, be in Berlin less than nine hours later, then turn around, hop another flight and be back in NY in less than another nine hours. The plane is a commercial type with a capacity for 200-400 passengers and weighs about 200 tons fully loaded. It’s average speed would be upwards of 500 mph. It’s dual engines produce a maximum of about 90,000 horsepower each at crusing speed.

By: rs-232

rs-232 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:28:27 +0000

Unless your Jewish that is, in which case you might never return.
Looks like a Nazi version of “To Serve Man”