The Long Way Round

[shawn]

The Long Way Round: The Plane that Accidentally Circumnavigated the World

 

[Paul]

As a history nerd, i read the whole thing.
Badass.
Should i put a Detroit locker in a Dana 35?

 

[braxton357]

The craziest thing is the existence of huge commercial seaplanes in the first place, not to mention having had kept up outposts on islands all over the world just to service them. They must have had more money than they knew what to do with.

 

[junkxj]

Really cool story . Can't imagine having to be in the air for almost 24 hours at a time.

I would suggest a grizzly locker for the 35, better warranty and supposedly stronger.

 

[tlucier]

That was an awesome read! Thanks for sharing.

 

[jeepinmatt]

I'm slow, so I'm still reading it. 13k miles to go. Best part so far is filling up a 4200gallon capacity plane with 5 gallon Jerry cans.

 

[VortecJeep]

Why is this not a movie?
I’m slow too, I’m at Christmas Eve 1941.

 

[DSM Turbos]

Just read it, that is a pretty crazy story.

 

[Rnuovrcj5]

I read it and bought the book he mentions at the end. Looking forward to reading that too now.

 

[GotWood]

Awesome story. I wonder if something like this could be done today with the same conditions of radio silence and celestial navigation?

 

[drkelly]

Finally got some time to read this tonight. What an amazing journey.