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	Transatlantic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Transatlantic flight would eventually surpass ocean liners as the predominant mode of crossing the Atlantic by the late 20th century.
		Transatlantic radio communication was first accomplished on December 12, 1901 by Guglielmo Marconi who, using a temporary receiving station at Signal Hill, Newfoundland, received a Morse code signal representing the letter "S" sent from Poldhu, in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
		Transatlantic radio-based communication replaced the transatlantic telegraph in 1927 and the first transatlantic telephone cable was installed in 1955.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transatlantic (695 words)

	Transatlantic flight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Transatlantic flight is any flight of an aircraft, whether fixed-wing aircraft, balloon or other device, which involves crossing the Atlantic Ocean -- with a starting point in North America or South America and ending in Europe or Africa, or vice versa.
		Because of time zones transatlantic flights from Europe to America operate throughout the day, while flights to Europe are often overnight; some airlines offer daytime eastbound flights, which take up the entire day, taking off early in the morning and landing late in the evening.
		Lithuanians Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas were supposed to make a non-stop flight from New York City via Newfoundland to Kaunas, but crashed in the forests of Germany after 6411 km of flying, only 650 km short of their final destination.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transatlantic_flight (1343 words)

	Vimy Aircraft Project \| Flights
		Brothers Capt Ross Smith and Lt Keith Smith's flight from England to Australia was accomplished between 12 November and 10 December 1919.
		In the Spring/Summer of 1999, the Silver Queen re-enacted the pioneering flight from London to Cape Town by Pierre van Ryneveld and Christopher Quintin Brand which completed two of the three great Vimy flights of 1919 and 1920.
		Our successful 1994 15,000 mile adventure from England to Australia resulted in the cover story for the May 1995 issue of National Geographic and the National Geographic TV documentary, "The Greatest Flight." Her 1999 "Silver Queen" voyage spanning 9,000 miles from London to Cape Town was also featured in National Geographic, in May 2000.
	www.vimy.org /flights/index.html (315 words)

	Spirit of St. Louis - Milestones of Flight
		Following the U.S. tour, Lindbergh took the aircraft on a goodwill flight to Central and South America, where flags of the countries he visited were painted on the cowling.
		"NYP" is an acronym for "New York-Paris," the object of the flight.
		Because the fuel tanks were located ahead of the cockpit for safety in case of an accident, Lindbergh could not see directly ahead, except by using a periscope on the left side or by turning the airplane and looking out a side window.
	www.nasm.si.edu /exhibitions/gal100/stlouis.html (337 words)

	Non-stop Transatlantic Flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		There are several "firsts" in transatlantic air flights.
		In early May 1919 an American, Albert Cushing Read, led a crew to make the first transatlantic flight in the U.S. Navy flying boat NC-4, from Rockaway, NY to Plymouth, England, with stops in Newfoundland, the Azores, Lisbon, Portugal in 53 hours, 58 minutes.
		At the end of May 1919 two British flyers, John Alcock, pilot, and Arthur Whitten, navigator, made the first non-stop, transatlantic flight in Vicker Vimy from New foundland to Ireland in 16 hours.
	sio.midco.net /mapstamps/nonstopflight.htm (96 words)

	Straight Dope Staff Report: Did others fly across the Atlantic before Lindbergh?
		The transatlantic portion of their flight was from Newfoundland to Portugal with a stop in the Azores, but the entire flight was from New York to England.
		The rules required a flight in less than 72 hours across the Atlantic by an airplane or airship in either direction between the British Isles and the United States, Canada or Newfoundland.
		While not the only transatlantic flights between 1919 and 1927, these are some of the significant firsts Lindbergh did not achieve that some may assume he did (first transatlantic, first nonstop transatlantic, first nonstop U.S.-Europe, and first nonstop U.S.-mainland-Europe).
	www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mtransatlantic.html (2283 words)

	CNN.com - Transatlantic flights resume - September 14, 2001
		American Airlines flight 087 was scheduled to leave at 10:05 a.m.
		The airline was operating 15 flights, two more than usual, from Heathrow to Canada on Friday -- seven to Toronto, three to Vancouver, two to Calgary and one each to Ottawa, Halifax and Montreal.
		BA flights to Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto were to leave London on Friday following approval by Canadian authorities.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/09/14/heathrow.flight/index.html (310 words)

	Transatlantic Flight History
		Total flight time was about 52 hours, but because of stops the trip took 21 days.
		Many transatlantic helicopter flights have been made since 1952.
		In 1992, Venezuelan helicopter pilots Francisco Pacheco and Tomas Spanier flew a record-setting, trans-Atlantic trek from Venezuela to Spain on a MD 500D.
	www.aeroworldnet.com /his.htm (786 words)

	Recreation of transatlantic biplane flight awaiting spare part (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ottawa - Two pilots planning to repeat a historic transatlantic crossing in a biplane are awaiting a replacement part before taking off from eastern Canada, their website reported Sunday.
		Saturday's flight was postponed "due to a small part malfunctioning on the Vimy", according to the latest posting at www.vimy.org.
		The pilots had earlier planned to take off on June 14, the 86th anniversary of their predecessors' flight, but had to postpone that attempt due to bad weather.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /northamerica/printer_1023013.php (343 words)

	The American Experience \| Alone on the Ice \| Raimond Goerler on: The Transatlantic Flight of 1927
		RG: The transatlantic flight of 1927 proved to be a rather controversial, to some extent, disappointing one.
		RG: The transatlantic flight was a terrible flight.
		It flew through clouds, through fog, rain and the diary of that flight are simply with messages that are impossible to navigate, impossible to navigate.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/ice/filmmore/reference/interview/goerler09.html (296 words)

	Introduction John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were two British fliers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		While visiting the engineering firm of Vickers he was asked if he would be the navigator for the proposed transatlantic flight, partnering John Alcock, who had already been chosen as pilot.
		The story of the first direct flight across the Atlantic ocean is one of both scientific achievement and courage.
		By joining forces with the firm Vickers, Alcock and Brown entered the competition for the first direct transatlantic flight, set up by the Daily Mail with a prize of ten thousand pounds.
	www.fi.edu /flights/long/index.html (414 words)

	Famous Firsts in Aviation — Infoplease.com
		It reached 6.7 mph on a flight from Paris to Trappe (Sept. 24).
		Although 91 persons in 13 separate flights crossed the Atlantic before him, he flew directly between two great world cities and did it alone.
		The De Havilland Comet flight was inaugurated by BOAC between London and Johannesburg, South Africa.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0004537.html (3056 words)

	OLD ORCHARD BEACH AIRFIELD
		An unsuccessful transatlantic flight was also attempted, from the Old Orchard Beach airfield, on June 13th, by the Bellanca J Green Flash monoplane, with registration number NX5315, which was flown by Roger Quincy Williams, as pilot, and Lewis Alonzo Yancey, as navigator.
		Its aviators, however, were successful on another transatlantic flight, from the airfield, to Santander, Spain, and then Rome, on July 9th, 1929, using the Bellanca J Pathfinder monoplane, with registration number NX3789.
		This flight, of about 21 hours, was sponsored by Amy Guest and it made Earhart the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean.
	roynagl.50megs.com /oldorchardbeach.htm (1304 words)

	Thomas H. Smith's Transatlantic Attempt
		He was on what he referred to as a "research flight" to prove that small
		Even though he did not succeed in completing his flight, he definitely succeeded in making an impression on the people of his day.
		If you have found this page interesting, it is because of all the assistance I have had from others who generously contributed their material and stories to this endeavor.
	www.geo-met.com /tommysmith (445 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Concorde completes transatlantic flight
		The landmark flight, which precedes proposed passenger flights next month, landed at New York's John F Kennedy Airport at 1440BST on Monday, 15 minutes behind schedule.
		The first BA London-New York flight on the supersonic plane will be for corporate customers and the media, and the first commercial flight will be on 9 November.
		The return of the aircraft to transatlantic flights has been hailed as a symbol of New York's recovery after the 11 September atrocities.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1611254.stm (487 words)

	Thomas Moser: Transatlantic Flight
		Such a flight has to be prepared carefully as it can become dangerous quickly.
		Good knowledge of the airplane, particularly its fuel consumption, the weather situation and winds and the airports in the vicinity is required for good planing.
		On a cloudy or hazy day it is impossible to see the horizon over such a flat, white plateau because the white of the snow blends perfectly with the white from the sky.
	www.tmoser.ch /typo3/19.0.html (2332 words)

	Baby born during transatlantic flight
		When it became apparent that she was going to have the baby, they diverted the flight to St. John's, Newfoundland, which is why the story is on CBC.
		Most airlines won't let someone fly who appears to be in the late stages of pregnancy w/o a note from her doctor saying she is not apt to deliver during the flight.
		Her father was a US citizen, her mother a British citizen, and she was born on a flight between NYC and London.
	www.pahealthsystems.com /message61786.html (1507 words)

	BBC News \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| First transatlantic flight from Belfast
		The first transatlantic flight from Belfast since Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the United States has taken off.
		Further commercial flights from New York and Chicago were also expected to land.
		Its first flight on Sunday will be at 0845BST from Heathrow bound for JFK airport in New York.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/northern_ireland/1546986.stm (543 words)

	Annoying Seatmate on transatlantic flight! - FlyerTalk Forums
		If that didn't work and a member of the flight crew wasn't willing to have a little chat about how he was disturbing the other passengers in the cabin, I'd ask to be moved to another seat.
		It was a particularly long flight as the weather over the Kansas area was poor so we had to route around it to the south resulting in a flight of over 5 hours.
		The last flight I took to BOS in WT, I was slightly dissapointed to discover that my meal pref (a lacto vege) hadn't been registered and therefore loaded, and I thought I might go hungry.
	www.flyertalk.com /forum/showthread.php?t=361779 (2149 words)

	Transatlantic flight diverted in US. 26/08/2006. ABC News Online
		Transatlantic flight diverted in US An American Airlines (AA) flight carrying 179 people from Manchester, England, to Chicago in the United States was diverted to Bangor, Maine, because of security concerns, the airline said.
		Also in the US, officials say a male passenger was detained in Houston, Texas, when "explosive residue" was detected on his clothes after he disembarked from a Continental Airlines flight from Buenos Aires.
		The flight continued on to Newark Airport, New Jersey, without the passenger, or his baggage, but authorities decided to order a precautionary security sweep of the aircraft when it landed.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200608/s1724794.htm (292 words)

	Witness to History: Lindbergh's Transatlantic Flight - Enoch Pratt Free Library - Baltimore, Maryland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		After Charles Lindbergh's historic nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, he became an instant American hero and one of the 20th Century's first international superstars.
		The following books and articles were written immediately or shortly after the flight, so they capture the initial impressions of this event before people had a chance to reflect upon it or forget about certain details.
		With his characteristic modesty, Lindbergh recalls his just-completed transatlantic flight in this first-hand account written the day after his arrival in Paris.
	www.pratt.lib.md.us /slrc/primary_res/lindberg_ewg.html (631 words)

	Flights of Inspiration
		John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were inspired to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
		Use the "Forces of Flight" and the "Challenge of Flight" to design your own model aircraft.
		"Flights of Inspiration" was created by The Franklin Institute Science Museum and the Science Museum, London in affiliation with the Science Learning Network, a program of Unisys and leading science museums, worldwide.
	www.fi.edu /flights (127 words)

	Paris Kiosque - First Transatlantic Flight - July 2002
		May, at 11:24, ending a solo transatlantic flight in a single-motor monoplane.
		The anniversary of the date of the first solo non-stop transatlantic from New York to Paris was Tuesday, 21.
		Le Bourget began as a WWI airbase - a 'champ d'aviation' - in 1914 and in 1927 the field was half military and half 'aéropostal.' In 1937 its commercial flight terminal was opened and this continued to operate until Charles-de-Gaulle's opening at Roissy in 1973.
	www.paris.org /Kiosque/jul02/0702first.html (2177 words)

	NIE Online Lesson -- The First Transatlantic Flight
		The transatlantic trip took Charles Lindbergh 33 1/2 hours, and aviation would never be the same.
		This is a detailed account of the historic flight, including several direct quotes from Lindbergh's memoirs.
		The transatlantic flight was only one of many successes Lindbergh enjoyed during his lifetime.
	www.learnersonline.com /weekly/lessons02/week15 (707 words)

	RECORD-SETTING TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT Model Airplane News - Find Articles
		A lot of the data garnered for the crossing was accumulated from his many long-distance, cross-country flights.
		They were afraid that the model-along with their hopes for a record-setting flight-had crashed into the Atlantic only a few miles from its destination.
		That was one of the many questions I asked Maynard when I visited him in late September for an in-depth look at TAM S. To submit the flight as a record attempt, the model had to meet FAI criteria, and Maynard's approach to this was simple.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3819/is_200401/ai_n9400487 (927 words)

	Transatlantic flight - TWINS Message Board
		Since we don't have a car our girls are not used to being in the car seats and they never sleep anywhere but in their cribs.
		He didn't want to stay in his seat once he figured out how to unbuckle his seat belt, and he went back and forth from the row his mom was in to the row his grandparents were in the entire flight.
		Once I got to the gate I gave it to the flight attendants and they put it in their closet or let me put it in the overhead compartment.
	www.twinsmagazine.com /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=20794 (990 words)

	Aviation History - Timeline of Milestones, TRANSOCEANIC FLIGHTS (1919-1938)
		U.S. Navy flying boat NC-4 makes first transatlantic flight, 4,526 miles, from Rockaway, N.Y., to Plymouth, England, via Newfoundland, Azores, Lisbon, Portugal, and other intermediate stops, in 53 hours, 58 minutes.
		Charles A. Lindbergh flies Ryan monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, in first nonstop solo transatlantic flight, 3,600 miles, from New York City to Paris, in 33 1/2 hours.
		Gen. Italo Balbo of Italy leads 24 Savoia-Marchetti seaplanes in mass transatlantic flight, 6,100 miles, from Orbetello, Italy, to Chicago, Ill., in 47 hours, 52 minutes.
	www.aviationhistory.org /ah_aviation_timeline_2.html (814 words)

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