Historical PAX Manifest
 

one from left field..

I'm interested in as passenger manifest circa 1953.

All I know is that airline was UA and the ship was a DC3.

The route was (Given memory drift) was along the lines of;
GLA (ETD 03/Feb/1953)-CYQX-EWR-SFO-NFFN-AKL.
(never flown a DC3 but SFO-NFFN seems like a bit of a stretch endurance wise??, could have gone via Hawai??)

Is there any way of finding a manifest going back that far.
United don't keep records going back that far.


Appreciate any info.

Cheerz :ok:
BAz

EWR-SFO doesn't seem a stretch endurance-wise?

EWR-SFO doesn't seem a stretch endurance-wise?

Noted, meant SFO-NFFN, typo corrected in original post

Cheerz BAz :ok:

Most -3s had a bit over 800 gallons of fuel when topped off and burned 90-100 per hour. That gets you about 150 knots. Yeah, EWR-SFO is a stretch. OAK-HNL requires a large ferry tank in the cabin and taking off over gross on fuel alone. I cann't even guess at SFO-NFFN. You're sure it ws a -3?

DC4?
 

All I have to go one is a photo of the family (Grand parents, Mother & Siblings) disembarking in, I'm told New York, guessing Newark, could have been JFK or other field?

Looking again at the photo, definitely not a tail dragger??
What other equipment would UA have been using on INTL circa 1953?

The route could have had extra refuel stops other than those I mentioned?

Do you see any of the airplane's windows in the picture? DC-4s have round windows. DC-6s have square windows.

I'm trying to think who would hold on to manifests that long...

Thank God when I was in the Army we through away paper work [Dash 12,s and 13's] after 6 months.

DC-6
 

OK removing photo (old sepia) from the frame has revealed some more detail.
Interestingly, 1 window, square. :D

Thanks Marker, makes a bit more sense I guess given some of the sectors/endurance etc.

Still going to be a long shot finding any PAX or flight plan details from that far back.

Cheerz BAz :ok: