Our Oakland on Nostr: There have been some interesting ways to cross the Bay (the helicopter service in the ...

There have been some interesting ways to cross the Bay (the helicopter service in the 1960s and the short-lived hovercraft service come to mind), but hopping into a 1910s open cockpit plane that takes off and lands on the water would certainly be...invigorating.

There were at least 3 different services of the ""the world's shortest air line" over the years, though the Airy Ferry service never really took off😏

The plane used for the c.1929 service also took off and landed on the water, but the larger cabin was enclosed, and airplane technology had improved a lot.

But accidents still happen...at least one of them resulted in serious injuries.

https://oaklandwiki.org/Air_Ferry

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