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NitroX
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Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935
#391305 - 25/04/25 04:00 AM

Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935

https://youtu.be/FhleuUmZxpE?si=sCop7VtAGzALTBth

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: NitroX]
#391308 - 25/04/25 08:45 AM

They lived a wonderful flife of adventure.

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: 85lc]
#391309 - 25/04/25 10:52 AM

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They lived a wonderful flife of adventure.

In the days when making a film about visiting, exploring, hunting, filming the wilds of Africa or elsewhere was a blockbuster movie. Like the modern blockbuster fictional movies are today, Titanic, Avatar, etc,

Hard to understand that today, but true adventure so much better, Film especially talking films were new then. What we can see on our television every day, African wildlife documentaries, were a big event and new then.

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: NitroX]
#391311 - 26/04/25 01:22 AM

I remember watching African Safari Shows in the late 50's glued to our little B&W 14" TV's screen and getting yelled at to "back up, you're too close".

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: DarylS]
#391313 - 26/04/25 04:20 AM

It´s much nicer to look if you choose 0,75 speed in Youtube. Good film anyway.

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: Igorrock]
#391370 - 29/04/25 08:09 AM

Good idea. I found 95% better

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: NitroX]
#391436 - 03/05/25 11:39 AM

YouTube videos:

Martin and Osa Johnson
(photo montage video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZDwVKNzEmo

Osa Johnson - Female Explorer & Filmmaker Takes Down a Rhino in One Shot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M24y9seWXj0

Martin and Osa Johnson - History Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVCHnOJtalU

"Adventure - The Story of Osa Johnson"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM0UTQUC5EA

1929 Sikorsky S-38 Osa's Ark (Jimmy Buffett flies her.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz47EEDWkO0
Note: This is NOT the Johnson's actual S-38 airplane. It is, however, an authentic S-38 that's painted to look like Osa's Ark. I believe that Kermit Weeks is the current owner of this airplane. (RIP, Jimmy.)

Sikorsky S-38 Osa's Ark

Sikorsky S-39 Spirit of Africa

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: BFaucett]
#391558 - 12/05/25 09:33 PM

Great video of Jimmy Buffet flying !!!!!!!!!!

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: bwanabobftw]
#391561 - 13/05/25 02:33 AM

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Great video of Jimmy Buffet flying !!!!!!!!!!

Jimmy Buffet owned and flew a Grumman HU-16 Albatross flying boat named Hemisphere Dancer.

Hemisphere Dancer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemisphere_Dancer

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: BFaucett]
#391563 - 13/05/25 07:47 AM

Looks like something Jimmy Buffet would be in to.

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: Claydog]
#391565 - 13/05/25 11:19 AM

Years ago one of my copilots had flown with “Chaulks” (Chaulks was the last “Operator” to use Albatross’s) before coming to the Airlines. He had flown with Jimmy when he first got his Albatross. said He was a great guy and a good pilot. Didn’t mean to hijack this thread on the Johnson’s .

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: BFaucett]
#391571 - 14/05/25 07:47 AM

Love that video of Osa Johnson shooting the Rhino. Would like to think I would handle it that well.

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: Claydog]
#391572 - 14/05/25 11:36 AM

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Love that video of Osa Johnson shooting the Rhino. Would like to think I would handle it that well.

Yeah, she had grit. That's for sure!

Osa with her first rhino; 1923
(I zoomed in on a higher resolution version of this photo and I believe she's holding a Winchester Model 1895 in .405 Winchester. 1923 would be in the time period covered in her book Four Years In Paradise. Among some other rifles, they took three .405 rifles with them on that trip.)

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnson: African Big Game Safari 1935 [Re: bwanabobftw]
#391573 - 14/05/25 11:38 AM

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Years ago one of my copilots had flown with “Chaulks” (Chaulks was the last “Operator” to use Albatross’s) before coming to the Airlines. He had flown with Jimmy when he first got his Albatross. said He was a great guy and a good pilot. Didn’t mean to hijack this thread on the Johnson’s .

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