Originally Posted by
pax britanica
Incredible how many stops these flights made , how many sectors did the crew do given they were not exactly going into anything that could be called an airport in modern standards. Perhaps the pilot error at Benghazi was related to some long shifts. And, after all that as one poster points out you end up at Blackbushe, middle of no where and 40 miles from London.
We know that usually the Crews stopped with the Passengers down route at the several planned (or unplanned) hotel night stops.
The hotels, meals, and transfers were all included in your Air Ticket.
All of the sector lengths would be one duty day?
BTW the 1956 Video is AWEsome