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This Plane Accidentally Flew Around the World

After Pearl Harbor, the crew of Pan Am flight 18602 was forced to do
the impossible

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A Boeing 314 clipper taking off. Photo by (c) Museum of Flight/CORBIS
via Getty Images.

The morning of 6th January 1942 was going to be a cold one. Not that
this was unusual for New York, mused the night-shift air controller
at LaGuardia's tower, but it did mean he'd have to wrap up extra warm
when he headed home.

 

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