On November 22, 1935, Pan American Airways offered the first regular commercial flight from the US mainland to Hawaii. This first regular air service was a 16-hour flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Prior to this air service, the quickest journey to Hawaii from the US mainland took five days by sea. (Source) I wonder if folks back then could imagine that the flight duration would be whittled down to today’s length of only five hours from LAX to HNL? What an improvement, eh?
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I’m guessing there was no in flight movie, or the Hilo Hattie halfway to Hawaii game either. 🙂
How people entertained themselves for 16 hours without techie gadgets is beyond me. Just kidding, of course.
Hi Kris – I didn’t think about that aspect, but gosh you are right. We’re so spoiled today with all our tech gadgets, movies and such. I guess quite a few books were read back in the day. 🙂
Hope you and Cindy have a great 4th!