Comments on: Edwin Musick

By: Sam Gillie

Sam Gillie — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:14:19 +0000

Mr. Barrett, I have a five page narrative, by Edward Brier, who was a passenger on the Honolulu to Manila flight Leaving Honolulu October 23, 1936 and returning Nov 2nd, 1936. Don’t know if this was the inaugural passenger flight, but was so described in the narrative. The narrative was given to the Engineering Association of Hawaii in 1936. The Captain Musick (as spelled in the narrative) and Navigator Noonan were part of the crew. Edward Brier was the Chief Engineer for the Hawaiian Dredging Company.

By: Douglas Westfall

Douglas Westfall — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:44:26 +0000

I’m putting together a book on the memoirs of a Pan Am First Radio Officer.Trying to include all the planes, but cannot find anything on the S-42 that crashed at Trinidad in 1938. Not named, it was only a few months old. NC-824M.

Would appreciate anyone who has information on that aircraft incident.

Best Always, Douglas

By: Robert E Dahlstrom

Robert E Dahlstrom — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:55:49 +0000

Just a bit of history. My uncle Ralph Dahlstrom captain of the Hawaii Clipper, Musick was in another plane 150 miles back and Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan were following. This was the first time 3 airplanes were over the Pacific in one night. The date I think is 17 March 1937. I’d be interested in any information on Ralph Dahlstrom.

By: Craig Gleason

Craig Gleason — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:45:30 +0000

I have a video of a clipper ship and my grandfather John Maclean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiYJEnLvKOk

By: Roland Musick

Roland Musick — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:03:19 +0000

Hello Mr Barrett, The spelling Musick is correct. I have a genealogy book of the Musick family and have seen him here. I will see what I can find for you.
Best regards Roland

By: Ron Barrett, USAF Ret. Navigator

Ron Barrett, USAF Ret. Navigator — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:42:07 +0000

Dear Craig Gleason, Good to hear from you. Can you tell me what you know of the nav skills, training and or exploits of either your Grandfather John Maclean and Musik. We desire as to learn what these individuals thought of their work at that time. Do you have any pictures you could share with us all?

I am just back from a history research trip to Key West where I located Charles Lunn’s youth time home and the first offices of Pan Am (now Kelly’s Restaurant). Thanks, Ron Barrett, President Air Force Navigators Observers Association (www.afnoa.org)

By: Craig Gleason

Craig Gleason — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:19:22 +0000

Hello Ronald,
My grandfather John Maclean was the navigator on the Samoan Clipper with Musik when they were lost. My grandmother told me stories about Fred Noonan and my grandfather being friends.

By: Ronald P Barrett, USAF Ret Nav.

Ronald P Barrett, USAF Ret Nav. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:50 +0000

I would like to hear from anyone knowing anything, having correspondence, pictures, news articles or stories about the relationship of Pan Am Captain Musik (Musick;spelling?) and Navigator Frederick Noonan. What all were the French, British(always seemingly headed to Australia), Germany(who had done dirigibles much earlier to South America), Portuguese(heading down to Brazil) and Dutch doing at this time?

As a former trans-Pacific transport (C-124) navigator for the USAF I navigated some 3,000 oceanic hours, world wide. I am researching the historical foundations of oceanic flight operations as they depended so heavily on successful navigation.

Your help is appreciated. Thank you, Ron Barrett, President, Air Force Navigators Observers Association (Reference: http://www.afnoa.org and http://www.usaf-nav-history.com ) Nov 20, 2009

By: Clipper Maxfield

Clipper Maxfield — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:27:43 +0000

Thank you for writings. I now know how Captain Musik died. This I will note in “my history.” I am very glad though, that he made it safely to NZ a year earlier.

Clipper