The C‑46 climbed into darkness and missed the Qingdao approach in fog
A Curtiss C-46 climbs into dense fog off Shanghai bound for Qingdao - did they make the approach in time?The C‑46 climbed into darkness and missed the Qingdao approach in fogIn this episode, we follow the flight that left Longhua Airport at 5:10 AM on January 5, 1947, and never reached its destination. The episode lays out who was aboard, the weather warnings received, and the decisions made en route - what happened during the approach to Qingdao?Date: January 5, 1947Aircraft: Curtiss C-46Location: Langya Mountain, approach to QingdaoPeople: 42 aboard (including opera performer Li Shifang…
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