Flying Boat NC-4 May 8 – 31, 1919

[liverpool annie]

We have a program here called History Detectives ..... and they were talking the other night about the NC4 ..... I wish I had been able to learn all this terrific stuff earlier in my life !! .... fascinating stuff !! made me want to learn more .... I'd never heard of it before !!

Almost ten years before Charles Lindbergh’s famous solo flight across the Atlantic, the NC-4 was the first aircraft to make the transatlantic journey in May, 1919.

First Across Organization, NC-4

Annie

[Antipodean Andy]

The various attempts of crossing the Atlantic make for fascinating reading and I reckon you could lose yourself in researching them.

One of my favourites is the Oiseau Blanc which is rumoured to have made land fall in the US or Canada. One of my favourite authors, Clive Cussler, has hunted for the wreck in the past.

l'Oiseau Blanc ("White Bird")
The White Bird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Kyt]

Weeeellll, my heroes* did the trip non-stop two weeks after NC-4

* Alcock and Brown in a Vimy

[liverpool annie]

Originally Posted by Kyt

Weeeellll, my heroes* did the trip non-stop two weeks after NC-4

* Alcock and Brown in a Vimy

You've probably seen this K ?

[Kyt]

Thanks Annie, I hadn't seen that particular newspaper, though I have seen others from the time.

I do like the "upside" bit

[liverpool annie]

Originally Posted by Kyt

Thanks Annie, I hadn't seen that particular newspaper, though I have seen others from the time.

I do like the "upside" bit

I can't even imagine what it must have been like to fly that far "open to the elements " !! they just sat in the two seats .... no cover etc .... I can't say it would have been a comfortable experience !!

Those men really were heroes !!

Annie

[Kyt]

This is an interesting article on the 20th anniversary of their flight. It looks at how aviation had changed between 1919 and 1939:

1939 | 1898 | Flight Archive
1939 | 1899 | Flight Archive

[liverpool annie]

Originally Posted by Kyt

This is an interesting article on the 20th anniversary of their flight. It looks at how aviation had changed between 1919 and 1939:

1939 | 1898 | Flight Archive
1939 | 1899 | Flight Archive

Amazing !! .... the terrific strides they took !!

Once they started - they just "took off" as it were ! what a difference 20 years makes !

Annie