And Bill Lear instruments. Heard stories about pilots that used their sidearms on the instruments after they landed. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: <damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 4:46 PM Subject: Re: FW: DC-3 Ground School Information > The odds of surving flying the Hump (the route between China and India during WW2) was very high due to the bad flying conditions. > > David R > > In a message dated 12/10/2003 1:10:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, > > exatc@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > > << Killed a lot of pilots flying the hump. C46 that is. >> > > > > What exactly do you mean by that? Actually, one of the controllers at CMA is > > also a pilot who flies his baron to work from San Diego, and he is currently > > working on getting rated in the C46 >