Berlin airlift. Around the clock. It's interesting to note only US planes could deliver this precious commodity.
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OT 20,000 pounds of salt
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17 years ago
Interesting how? U.S. military planes? American-owned civilian cargo planes?
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US military planes. They're the only ones that could withstand the effects of that much salt. As far as I know Berlin was receiving about 900 tons of supplies a day, and Stalin thought we would fail. There were many mishaps but eventually through better flight patterns 4500 tons of supplies were flown in each day. Each plane had only one chance to land and if it missed it's mark it would have to return fully loaded. These little details are very interesting. Each pilot was required to stay near his plane. He didn't have to travel far from his plane for a cup of coffee or to munch down on a hamburger. The food stands were run by attractive young ladies (on purpose).
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