Omg Thank you to who uploaded such precious memories of the Pili and Losi the Twin propellers aircraft right up to 1975Love you Dad Missed you so much Polynesian Airlines
I believed I've flown on this airplane to Apia and back to Pago.. Summer 72' I was a seven yr old, can't be any other choice of aircraft at that time, right?
Hi Joe, The plane in the video is a Douglas DC-3. Tail Registration # is 5W-FAC and crashed on January 13, 1970. Your flight in 72 was most likely the same type of aircraft. Here's a little more info on this one: ACCIDENT DETAILS Date: January 13, 1970 Time: 0600 Location: Faleolo, Western Samoa Operator: Polynesian Airlines Flight #: 208B Route: Apia, Western Samoa - Pago Pago, American Samoa AC Type: Douglas DC-3 Registration: 5W-FAC cn / ln: 16964 Aboard: 32 (passengers:29 crew:3) Fatalities: 32 (passengers:29 crew:3) Ground: 0 Summary: Crashed into a lagoon 400 yards past the end of the runway, seconds after taking off after the plane pitched up and stalled. Windshear, precipitation and turbulence. courtesy of: www.planecrashinfo.com
@@AmericanSamoaMemories- wow, thanks for the info! So sad to hear...glad I knew nothing about that flight 2yrs earlier, I might have been to scared to fly at that time with that type of aircraft to, definitely wasn't a 707 or dc-8 (Pan Am and AA) for sure. I do remember the aircraft looked just liked this one, prop and tilted up(and loud lol) and was hoping it was this one for good memories. Thanks for all the Videos! I really miss that old school Pago!
Omg Thank you to who uploaded such precious memories of the Pili and Losi the Twin propellers aircraft right up to 1975Love you Dad Missed you so much Polynesian Airlines
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A precious clip
I've flown on that plane. Glad I did it was the most vintage plane I've ever flown.
What a great memory for you Jayson.
I believed I've flown on this airplane to Apia and back to Pago.. Summer 72' I was a seven yr old, can't be any other choice of aircraft at that time, right?
Hi Joe, The plane in the video is a Douglas DC-3. Tail Registration # is 5W-FAC and crashed on January 13, 1970. Your flight in 72 was most likely the same type of aircraft.
Here's a little more info on this one:
ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 13, 1970
Time: 0600
Location: Faleolo, Western Samoa
Operator: Polynesian Airlines
Flight #: 208B
Route: Apia, Western Samoa - Pago Pago, American Samoa
AC Type: Douglas DC-3
Registration: 5W-FAC
cn / ln: 16964
Aboard: 32 (passengers:29 crew:3)
Fatalities: 32 (passengers:29 crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into a lagoon 400 yards past the end of the runway, seconds after taking off after the plane pitched up and stalled. Windshear, precipitation and turbulence.
courtesy of: www.planecrashinfo.com
@@AmericanSamoaMemories- wow, thanks for the info! So sad to hear...glad I knew nothing about that flight 2yrs earlier, I might have been to scared to fly at that time with that type of aircraft to, definitely wasn't a 707 or dc-8 (Pan Am and AA) for sure. I do remember the aircraft looked just liked this one, prop and tilted up(and loud lol) and was hoping it was this one for good memories. Thanks for all the Videos! I really miss that old school Pago!