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Posted by ALBERTO
on 5/24/2012, 1:01 am
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I came to Australia from Argentina with Pan Am.
I left Buenos Aires on Thursday 29th of February 1968.
We went first to the USA, with stopover in Panama and Guatemala.
The day after we left Los Angeles towards Sydney, with stopovers in Hawaii and Fiji.
After we left Hawaii, (it was night flying)and after passing the half point one of the turbines started "flashing" due to a malfanction of an injector.
There was some alarm in the plane but the Captain spoke a few words and everyone calmed down.
We continued flying on only three turbines, and landed in Fiji on three turbines, as the Captain informed us after we left Fije quite a few hours late because the faulty turbine injector was repaired in Fiji.
On out way to Sydney, the Captain come out of the cockpit an spoke with us for quite a while.
It was then that we learned a bit about him.
His name was Jim Clark, he learned to fly wiht the American Navy during War World 2 in the pacific theatre of the war.
He said he flew several aircraft at first, but then he got the fly the Ventura aircraft, they were submarine hunters.
That experience was firmly engraved in my mind and especially more in my heart.
Can somebody tell me a bit more about Captain Jim Clark?.
People's response will be very much appreciated.
Thank you very much. ALBERTO AGUSTIN ESTENAGA
AUSTRALIA
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