With the annex of Alaska and Hawaii the United States was expanding and so would the Flying Tigers world by the end of the decade. Here, Flying Tigers transports the new 50-star United States Flag.
The 1960s Page 2
A Boeing jet know as the Tigers Polecat completed history's first pole to pole, round the world flight touching down at Honolulu International Airport just 62 hours and 28 minutes after its departure. Captain Jack L Martin, flight commander and pilot for Flying Tiger, called the trip a very big Success.