The best guess I have is some kind of flying boat. There were no air strips along to way to land and refuel so water was the best alternative. Multi engine design to minimize risk of a single engine quitting and taking the plane down.
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Originally posted by glyn View PostNext question, my fellow WABbers:
I want to know about the first intercontinental flight. All you have to provide is the name of the pilot, date, aircraft type and the start and end points.:) Come on, don't be shy!
Would have to google for the crew's names and start point. I do think they started in Newfoundland though.
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Originally posted by gunnut View PostThe best guess I have is some kind of flying boat. There were no air strips along to way to land and refuel so water was the best alternative. Multi engine design to minimize risk of a single engine quitting and taking the plane down.Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.
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Originally posted by Gun Grape View PostThe US Navy in 1919. The Navy Curtis flying boat. NC-4 landed in Lisbon.
Would have to google for the crew's names and start point. I do think they started in Newfoundland though.Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.
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Originally posted by Jimmy View PostAre we talking transatlantic/transpacific, or something like Europe to Asia?
Hint: As it was 'the first' it was in the early days of aviation.
Hmm. Who were the leaders at that time period?
(It was not the US who went back to sleep)Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.
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Originally posted by glyn View PostNext question, my fellow WABbers:
I want to know about the first intercontinental flight. All you have to provide is the name of the pilot, date, aircraft type and the start and end points.:) Come on, don't be shy!
He flew a monoplane of his own design called a Bleriot X1.
For his effort he won a thousand pounds, put up by the London Daily Mail.
Howzat?
Cheers.
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Originally posted by captain View PostOn the morning of July 25th, 1909, Louis Bleriot took off from Les Barraques, France and landed at Dover, England 37 minutes later.
He flew a monoplane of his own design called a Bleriot X1.
For his effort he won a thousand pounds, put up by the London Daily Mail.
Howzat?
Cheers.Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.
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Originally posted by captain View PostOk, one more try then i'm stumped.
How about Roland Garros who flew a Morane-Saulnier type H monoplane from St. Raphael, France to Bizerte, Tunisia on September 23rd, 1913.
Cheers.Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.
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Originally posted by glyn View PostExactly so, mon brave! Well done! Your turn:)
Who was he and in the service of which airforce did he gain "ace" status?
Cheers.
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Originally posted by captain View PostHe was born in Oregon USA and became the first American air ace of the WW11 era for which he was awarded, amoung many other awards, a DFC.
Who was he and in the service of which airforce did he gain "ace" status?
Cheers.Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.
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