How SAS Pioneered Flying Over The North Pole

Flying polar routes is relatively commonplace today, connecting Asian and European cities to North America. But the very first airline to ever fly this way was Scandinavian Airline Systems (SAS), who established this means of reducing distances thanks to some interesting engineering.

Article link: https://simpleflying.com/sas-north-pole-flying/

Video source links:
A350-1000 British Airways in the making https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plVdocO7Dg8
A350 SAS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEAIxtfp4bo
SAS Norway Navigation cockpit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSXT9TENt9c
a318 cockpit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnN6ExG-qcE
a350 air france https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LQnILBPN_s

Photos:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SAS_DC-4_Haakon_Viking_LN-IAD_at_Kastrup_Airport,_Copenhagen,_Denmark.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SAS_DC-4,_Dan_Viking,_OY-DFI,_the_first_SAS_flight_over_NYC,_New_York,_Manhattan.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SAS_DC-4,_Sigtrygg_Viking_SE-BBA_in_the_air,_in_flight_1940s.jpg
https://www.pikist.com/free-photo-xmdfw
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SAS_DC-4,_Sigvard_Viking_OY-DFY_on_the_ground,_at_the_airport._Former_Passad_SE-BBC_1940s,_1950s.jpg
https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:SAS_DC-6,_Agne_Viking_SE-BDB_on_the_ground,_at_the_airport.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CF-CUS_DC-6B_Canadian_Pacific_A-l_1_YYF_22JAN67_(5574944103).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N5024K_DC-6B_Pan_Am_HAJ_02MAY64_(5574950511).jpg

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