Apparently, according to the paper today.....The British Naval Dirigible R-34 lands in New York from Scotland...the First Crossing of the Atlantic by an Airship.
(But our local paper is a joke, so I'd have to check this)
On this day in 1919
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The British airship R-34 left the United Kingdom on July 2, 1919, and arrived in the U.S. at Mineola, Long Island, New York, on July 6, after flying for 108 hours. A week later, the R-34 flew back to the U.K., completing the first return journey by air across the Atlantic.
And no signs of scurvy.
And no signs of scurvy.
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Was the journey non-stop?
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I think they stopped at each end.
The Scottish end was at East Fortune airfield, which still exists in the form of a good aeronautical museum.
It makes me old to recall flying to Heathrow from there on a BEA Viscount while Turnhouse Rwy 31/13 was being re-surfaced.
The Scottish end was at East Fortune airfield, which still exists in the form of a good aeronautical museum.
It makes me old to recall flying to Heathrow from there on a BEA Viscount while Turnhouse Rwy 31/13 was being re-surfaced.