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Transocean Air Lines 1946 - 1960
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Making Movies
The High and the Mighty
Island in the Sky
Fate is the Hunter
Julie
Books
Folded Wings, A History of Transocean Air Lines
by Arue Szura
By Dead Reckoning
by Ralph Lewis
TAL 1946 – 1960, A Remembrance
edited by Arue Beaulieu Szura
The Story of an Unusual Airline
by Richard Thruelsen
From Another Island
by Sherry Waterman
Rebels and Reformers of the Airways
R.E.G. Davies
Forgotten Flights
Non-Scheduled and Specailty Airlines
of the United States 1945-1978
by John T. Corpening
Magazine Articles
Flying Handyman
Time Magazine, Monday, Nov. 22, 1948
The Daring Young Men of Transocean
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST,
a series of 3 articles, by Richard Thruelsen
August 2, 1952
August 9, 1952
August 16, 1952
TRANSOCEAN: Air and Ground Specialists
The Martin Star, November 1951
American Aviation Historical Society
Volume 48 No.3, Fall 2003, Page 175 - 182
"Sky Gypsies" The Transocean Airline Story
Wings Over Hollywood
The Makings of "The High and the Mighty"
A Former Airline Pilot Remembers the Filming of an Aviation Classic
By Bob Shane
AIRPOWER January 2006
Irish Air Letter, The Monthly Journal of Current and Historical Irish Aviation
July 2009, No.415
Irish Aviation News
The High and the Mighty
Island in the Sky
Fate is the Hunter
Julie
Books
Folded Wings, A History of Transocean Air Lines
by Arue Szura
By Dead Reckoning
by Ralph Lewis
TAL 1946 – 1960, A Remembrance
edited by Arue Beaulieu Szura
The Story of an Unusual Airline
by Richard Thruelsen
From Another Island
by Sherry Waterman
Rebels and Reformers of the Airways
R.E.G. Davies
Forgotten Flights
Non-Scheduled and Specailty Airlines
of the United States 1945-1978
by John T. Corpening
Magazine Articles
Flying Handyman
Time Magazine, Monday, Nov. 22, 1948
The Daring Young Men of Transocean
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST,
a series of 3 articles, by Richard Thruelsen
August 2, 1952
August 9, 1952
August 16, 1952
TRANSOCEAN: Air and Ground Specialists
The Martin Star, November 1951
American Aviation Historical Society
Volume 48 No.3, Fall 2003, Page 175 - 182
"Sky Gypsies" The Transocean Airline Story
Wings Over Hollywood
The Makings of "The High and the Mighty"
A Former Airline Pilot Remembers the Filming of an Aviation Classic
By Bob Shane
AIRPOWER January 2006
Irish Air Letter, The Monthly Journal of Current and Historical Irish Aviation
July 2009, No.415
Irish Aviation News
Flying Fats Domino...
Two of Transocean's Convair 240s were leased to fly the eighty performers of "The Show of Stars of 1952" to
some fourteen one-night stands in the U.S. and Canada. Captains Ed Landwehr and Joe Goeller were with
the group for three weeks, with Landwehr flying most of the troupe, and Goeller the musical instruments and
some of the passengers. But the first flight left Memphis en route to Kansas City, Kansas, without Fats
Domino (early rock n roll performer, who didn't like to fly and drove his white Cadillac to Kansas City). Once
there, however, he was convinced by the other performers that flying with Transocean was "the greatest," and
got aboard Landwehr's plane for the .next leg of the journey. Fats became a believer. He was so thrilled with
flying that he decided to buy a Convair for himself and his group. He asked Landwehr if he'd be his private
pilot, but Landwehr declined, preferring to remain with the airline.
For a while, Transocean became a flying billboard for the Domino group. The titles of some Fats' most
popular songs were painted on the nose of Captain Landwehr's plane, "I'm Walkin'," "Honky Tonk," "Yes,
Indeed!," "Blueberry Hill," and other song titles greeted the thousands of teenagers who met the aircraft at
every stop on the journey.
some fourteen one-night stands in the U.S. and Canada. Captains Ed Landwehr and Joe Goeller were with
the group for three weeks, with Landwehr flying most of the troupe, and Goeller the musical instruments and
some of the passengers. But the first flight left Memphis en route to Kansas City, Kansas, without Fats
Domino (early rock n roll performer, who didn't like to fly and drove his white Cadillac to Kansas City). Once
there, however, he was convinced by the other performers that flying with Transocean was "the greatest," and
got aboard Landwehr's plane for the .next leg of the journey. Fats became a believer. He was so thrilled with
flying that he decided to buy a Convair for himself and his group. He asked Landwehr if he'd be his private
pilot, but Landwehr declined, preferring to remain with the airline.
For a while, Transocean became a flying billboard for the Domino group. The titles of some Fats' most
popular songs were painted on the nose of Captain Landwehr's plane, "I'm Walkin'," "Honky Tonk," "Yes,
Indeed!," "Blueberry Hill," and other song titles greeted the thousands of teenagers who met the aircraft at
every stop on the journey.
| Charter flight to Truth or Consequences, Eve Clark, Rip Masters, Martha Jane Ekstrand. May 1957 |
| Orvis M. Nelson at the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame |
Located on one of the world's most historic airfields. Former
home of Boeing Air Transport, Pacific Air Transport, , Boeing
School of Aeronautics, Transocean, World, and Transamerica
Airlines, Oakland Naval Reserve Air Station, US Marine Corps
and Army Air Corps Reserve Units. Departure and arrival point
for many historic flights including Hegenberger and Maitland,
Smith and Bronte, the Dole Races, Kingsford Smith and crew
and Amelia Earhart. Currently a very active airfield with private,
business, and commercial propeller and jet aircraft including
helicopters and blimps.
home of Boeing Air Transport, Pacific Air Transport, , Boeing
School of Aeronautics, Transocean, World, and Transamerica
Airlines, Oakland Naval Reserve Air Station, US Marine Corps
and Army Air Corps Reserve Units. Departure and arrival point
for many historic flights including Hegenberger and Maitland,
Smith and Bronte, the Dole Races, Kingsford Smith and crew
and Amelia Earhart. Currently a very active airfield with private,
business, and commercial propeller and jet aircraft including
helicopters and blimps.
Visit the Oakland Aviation Museum
More information to be found at the Oakland Aviation Museum website.
