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Hawaiʻi's Journey to Statehood | The Pineapple King | 2

American History Tellers

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The Dole Air Race

Jim Dole was inspired by Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight and started thinking about delivering pineapples by air instead of sea. To test this idea he came up with yet another marketing scheme but this one would end in tragedy. The race seems jinxed Already there have been multiple crashes and three deaths.

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