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Re: Boeing Clipper 1930s
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2018 Jun 1, 09:03 -0400
From: Brad Morris
Date: 2018 Jun 1, 09:03 -0400
Geoffrey
Same exact thought occurred to me, the second radio operator was to handle passenger radio traffic. The primary radio operator handled official traffic.
Brad
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 8:45 AM, Geoffrey Kolbe <NoReply_GeoffreyKolbe@fer3.com> wrote:
With a lot of very rich people cooped up for a long time there would have been a need for them to communicate with the world beyond and the second radio operator may have been to fulfil this need.
A bit superfluous you might think, but a dedicated 'telegram' service - such as you would have had on ocean liners - might well have been considered necessary considering the luxurious standard being offered.
