Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2020 10:12:09 GMT -5
Here some further historical flights which still are considered as milestones in aviation.
The British R34 airship made its first flight in March 1919 and was delivered to its service base at East Fortune, Scotland.
R34 left Britain beginning July 1919 and arrived at Mineola, Long Island, United States, after a flight of 108 hours with virtually no fuel left.As the landing party had no experience of handling large rigid airships, a crew member jumped by parachute and so became the first person to reach American soil by air from Europe. This was the first East-West aerial crossing of the Atlantic and was achieved weeks after the first transatlantic aeroplane flight by Alcock and Brown.
The R34 taking off at East Fortune,
passing Edinburgh and The Forth Bridge in the background,
flying over the Southern Scottish Highlands
and the Isle of Mull,
reaching the last bit of Europe over Tiree and its airfield
while a Travel Air is just landing there,
tackling the long crossing of the Atlantic,
reaching the North American continent at Newfoundland
and finally lands at Mineola, NY (I use Hazelhurst Field No. 2 which was renamed Mitchel Field)
******
The NC-4 was a Curtiss NC flying boat that was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, albeit not non-stop. The NC designation was derived from the collaborative efforts of the Navy (N) and Curtiss (C).
In May 1919, a crew of United States Navy aviators flew three NC-4 from Rockaway NAS, New York State to Lisbon, Portugal, over the course of 19 days. This included time for stops of numerous repairs and for crewmen's rest, with stops along the way at
Chatham NAS, Massachusetts,
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland,
Hort and Ponta Delago in the Azores Islands.
Then its flight from the Azores to Lisbon completed the first transatlantic flight between North America and Europe, and two more flights from Lisbon to northwestern Spain to Plymouth, England, completed the first flight between North America and Great Britain.
Eight U.S. Navy warships were stationed along the northern East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada to help the Curtiss NCs in navigation and to rescue their crewmen in case of any emergency.
This accomplishment was somewhat eclipsed in the minds of the public by the first nonstop transatlantic flight, made by the Royal Air Force pilots John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown two weeks later.
The three Curtiss NC starting at NAS Rockaway, NY,
and approaching NAS Chatham, MA
on the way to Halifax, NS, before reaching the last stopover on the continent at Trepassey Bay, NF.
One of the eight warships postioned in the Atlantic
After crossed the Atlantic they approach the archipelago of the Azores
and landing at Horta, Faial Island
Later on, flying over Portugal's east coast
and arriving at Lisbon (the Salazar Bridge should not to be there - it was opened in 1962!).
Reaching the south coast of Great Britain
and finally the last NC is landing at RNAS Mountbatten in Plymouth, UK
******
Some several years later, in April 1928 the Junkers W33 “Bremen” D-1167 took of at Baldonnel Aerodrome, Ireland and made the first successful flight across the North Atlantic from East-to-West on a heavier than air machine.
After 36½ hours, the aircraft landed on frozen ice at Greenly Island in Quebec. This island is west of St Anthony and a bit north of most of the usual tracks between Ireland and the US. At almost the same point, at L’Anse aux Meadows in Labrador, Viking remains have been found, so it is a very historic corner of the New World.
Junkers F13 "Bremen" taking off at Baldonnel Aerodrome near Dublin (now known as Casement AB),
leaving Europe at Ireland's Western coast while flying in the clouds,
reaching North American continent over Belle Isle Island at Southern Labrador,
and finally landing on Greenly Island, Quebec while out of fuel ...
Bernard
The British R34 airship made its first flight in March 1919 and was delivered to its service base at East Fortune, Scotland.
R34 left Britain beginning July 1919 and arrived at Mineola, Long Island, United States, after a flight of 108 hours with virtually no fuel left.As the landing party had no experience of handling large rigid airships, a crew member jumped by parachute and so became the first person to reach American soil by air from Europe. This was the first East-West aerial crossing of the Atlantic and was achieved weeks after the first transatlantic aeroplane flight by Alcock and Brown.
The R34 taking off at East Fortune,
passing Edinburgh and The Forth Bridge in the background,
flying over the Southern Scottish Highlands
and the Isle of Mull,
reaching the last bit of Europe over Tiree and its airfield
while a Travel Air is just landing there,
tackling the long crossing of the Atlantic,
reaching the North American continent at Newfoundland
and finally lands at Mineola, NY (I use Hazelhurst Field No. 2 which was renamed Mitchel Field)
******
The NC-4 was a Curtiss NC flying boat that was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, albeit not non-stop. The NC designation was derived from the collaborative efforts of the Navy (N) and Curtiss (C).
In May 1919, a crew of United States Navy aviators flew three NC-4 from Rockaway NAS, New York State to Lisbon, Portugal, over the course of 19 days. This included time for stops of numerous repairs and for crewmen's rest, with stops along the way at
Chatham NAS, Massachusetts,
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland,
Hort and Ponta Delago in the Azores Islands.
Then its flight from the Azores to Lisbon completed the first transatlantic flight between North America and Europe, and two more flights from Lisbon to northwestern Spain to Plymouth, England, completed the first flight between North America and Great Britain.
Eight U.S. Navy warships were stationed along the northern East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada to help the Curtiss NCs in navigation and to rescue their crewmen in case of any emergency.
This accomplishment was somewhat eclipsed in the minds of the public by the first nonstop transatlantic flight, made by the Royal Air Force pilots John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown two weeks later.
The three Curtiss NC starting at NAS Rockaway, NY,
and approaching NAS Chatham, MA
on the way to Halifax, NS, before reaching the last stopover on the continent at Trepassey Bay, NF.
One of the eight warships postioned in the Atlantic
After crossed the Atlantic they approach the archipelago of the Azores
and landing at Horta, Faial Island
Later on, flying over Portugal's east coast
and arriving at Lisbon (the Salazar Bridge should not to be there - it was opened in 1962!).
Reaching the south coast of Great Britain
and finally the last NC is landing at RNAS Mountbatten in Plymouth, UK
******
Some several years later, in April 1928 the Junkers W33 “Bremen” D-1167 took of at Baldonnel Aerodrome, Ireland and made the first successful flight across the North Atlantic from East-to-West on a heavier than air machine.
After 36½ hours, the aircraft landed on frozen ice at Greenly Island in Quebec. This island is west of St Anthony and a bit north of most of the usual tracks between Ireland and the US. At almost the same point, at L’Anse aux Meadows in Labrador, Viking remains have been found, so it is a very historic corner of the New World.
Junkers F13 "Bremen" taking off at Baldonnel Aerodrome near Dublin (now known as Casement AB),
leaving Europe at Ireland's Western coast while flying in the clouds,
reaching North American continent over Belle Isle Island at Southern Labrador,
and finally landing on Greenly Island, Quebec while out of fuel ...
Bernard
