The South Atlantic route :: Archived

[Adrian_Wainer]

I am starting this thread as resource re the possability of creating scenery etc to be used in recreation of the flights from Europe to South America in the heyday of the prop-liners circa the 1950s.

this thread is under construction.

Best and Warm Regards
Adrian Wainer

[Adrian_Wainer]

First Pioneers

Portugese flight 1922

www.emfa.pt/www/po/mus...p?lang=ing

Portugese Night Crossing of the South Atlantic 1927

www.emfa.pt/www/po/mus...p?lang=ing

Herbert Cukurs flight to the Gambia 1934

latvianaviation.com/Ev...05_25.html

Interwar Period

World War 2

South Atlantic air ferry route in World War II [ Wiki ]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...rld_War_II

B-17s Guide P-38s to Greenland, Iceland, Scotland and World War II
The Triumph of Instrument Flight

www.daileyint.com/flyi...lywar4.htm

Building the Atlantic bases by Charles Hendricks

www.usace.army.mil/pub...p870-1-42/
c-1-3.pdf




Post World War 2

Spain Brazil flight agreement 1949/52

untreaty.un.org/unts/1...010560.pdf

SAS The United Nations of the Air

www.boeing.com/commerc...01txt.html

[Adrian_Wainer]

Places

Liberia Maps

memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin...mmem_dlGu:

memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin...mmem_dlGu:

the above maps have depth soundings marked on them and so should be useful to flying MSFS flying boat captains.

[ NB With the maps above to use the features of the site they appear in, you will likely need a plug-in for your brower ( if you do not have it allready ) from www.lizardtech.com/ its free to private indivuals and self installs, you will also need this plug-in to open the files and view them if you dwnload the maps, NB withe the downloaded maps you can use full screen unlike when your are viewing them in-site where you are restricted to a windows.

Liberia Airports

Roberts

Roberts International Airport Liberia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...al_Airport

www.freewebs.com/rober.../index.htm

www.globalsecurity.org...oberts.htm

Fisherman's Lake / Lake Piso / Lake Pisu

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Piso

Liberia Misc

Liberia's Historic ties to America PBS

www.pbs.org/frontlinew...story.html

Air Transport in Liberia William R Stanley

findarticles.com/p/art...tBody;col1

Firestone Operations in Liberia

books.google.ie/books?...&ct=result

liberian Stamps

www.postalhistory.com/...&pagenum=1

Cape Verde

Amilcar Cabral International Airport

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...al_Airport


The Gambia

www.accessgambia.com/information/

fredriks.de/Ohlsdorf/bathurst.htm

West African Safari

www.flightglobal.com/p...02291.html

www.flightglobal.com/p...h=bathurst

West African Wayfareings

www.flightglobal.com/p...01315.html

www.flightglobal.com/p...h=bathurst

[Adrian_Wainer]

FS 2004 Aircraft

Alitalia DC-4

www.simviation.com/fs2...ops100.htm

Best and Warm Regards
Adrian Wainer

[Adrian_Wainer]

Airlines local and regional services

Liberian International Airways

www.stampauctioncentra...189863.jpg

Liberian National Airways

aerobernie.ae.funpic.d...ional.html

aerobernie.ae.funpic.d...an-DC3.jpg

Best and Warm Regards
Adrian Wainer

[Adrian_Wainer]

Airlines International

British South American Airways

flywiththestars.co.uk/

Panair Do Brasil

www.timetableimages.co...ges/pb.htm

December 1956 Timetable

www.timetableimages.co...b5612i.htm

April 1 1954 Timetable

www.timetableimages.co...b5404i.jpg

April 1950 Timetable

europe

www.timetableimages.co...pb50-2.jpg

national northern

www.timetableimages.co...pb50-3.jpg

national southern, west and cargo

www.timetableimages.co...pb50-4.jpg

Amazon

Brasil Bolivia Chile Peru

Agentina Chile Peru

Estados Unidos Brasil Argentina

www.timetableimages.co...pb50-5.jpg

SAS October 5 1947 Timetable

Stockholm Buenos Aires

www.timetableimages.co...k47-07.htm

[Adrian_Wainer]

The Aircraft

Latercoere 521 Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKJQtnUulDo

Avro York

www.aeroentusiasta.com...hp?t=20799

Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express

home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b24_26.html

Boeing 307 Stratoliner

www.air-and-space.com/...N19903.htm

www.youtube.com/watch?v=omZSyCFWejI

Boeing C-75

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-75

Boeing 314

rides.webshots.com/pho...0771zENYeJ

Junkers Ju 90

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBljkMSa4P4

www.warbirdsresourcegr...ju290.html

www.physik.uni-wuerzbu...ersUS.html

www.historyofwar.org/a...ju290.html