Flying 'the Hump' Required Allied Pilots to Fly Over the Himalayas in Terrible Conditions
Flying 'the hump' wasn't for the faint of heart, as the transport route forced pilots to fly over the Himalayas in terrible conditions.
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Flying 'the hump' wasn't for the faint of heart, as the transport route forced pilots to fly over the Himalayas in terrible conditions.
The Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston will celebrate the pioneering women’s military aviation group on Saturday.
Between June 1948 and September 1949 Allied transport planes carried more than 2.3 million tons of supplies into West Berlin, saving its citizens from a Soviet blockade.
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Lieutenant Halvorsen came up with the idea to drop candies, chocolate and chewing gum for the children of West Berlin during a tense Cold War standoff.