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  1. The Evolution Of Transatlantic Flight

    The first attempts. Transatlantic air travel was not always as simple as it is today. The earliest attempts to cross the Atlantic by balloon date back to 1859, taking advantage of the strong jet stream winds. However, none were successful, and it was not until the early 1900s that aviators began to attempt the crossing in bi-planes.

  2. Transatlantic flight

    A transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East to North America, Latin America, or vice versa.Such flights have been made by fixed-wing aircraft, airships, balloons and other aircraft.. Early aircraft engines did not have the reliability nor the power to lift the required fuel to make a transatlantic flight.

  3. The Dawn of Transatlantic Flight

    In 1950, American's unsentimental boss, C.R. Smith, cut a handshake deal in the concourse of New York's Grand Central Station with Pan Am's Juan Trippe to hand over at a great loss its AOS ...

  4. First Trans-Atlantic Commercial Flight Landed 75 Years Ago Sunday

    Lufthansa's history was interrupted by World War II. In 1945, its service was suspended, but a new national German airline was founded in 1953 and revived the Lufthansa name in 1954.

  5. The Flight That Changed Everything

    The expansion in air travel during the prior few decades became an explosion, from 87.2 million passengers in 1957 to 4.34 billion in 2018, according to data provided by the International Air ...

  6. Transatlantic crossing

    Transatlantic crossings are passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe or Africa and the Americas.The majority of passenger traffic is across the North Atlantic between Western Europe and North America.Centuries after the dwindling of sporadic Viking trade with Markland, a regular and lasting transatlantic trade route was established in 1566 with the Spanish West ...

  7. The First Nonstop Flight Across the Atlantic Lasted 16 ...

    Yet their journey was a triumph. Despite their graceless landing in a bog on June 15, 1919, Alcock and Brown were the first people ever to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. Nearly a decade ...

  8. First transatlantic flight: How Alcock and Brown beat Lindbergh

    The harrowing, forgotten journey of the first transatlantic flight. By Dave Kindy. May 21, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EDT. Capt. John Alcock (Bain News Service/Library of Congress) 8 min. The two engines ...

  9. Wings Across the Atlantic: PM at the Dawn of Transatlantic Flight

    Crossing an ocean. In the February 1931 issue, Popular Mechanics reported on the dawn of transatlantic flight. Aviation pioneers had already proven that traveling fast distances in an airplane was ...

  10. Air Transportation: The Beginnings of Commercial Transatlantic Service

    Transatlantic air travel in the immediate postwar years remained a novelty, but it offered significant advantages over sea travel. A usual journey by sea across the Atlantic took about five days, while air travel cut that down to less about half a day. ... The history of commercial transatlantic air travel underlines how both political factors ...

  11. The Evolution of Transatlantic Flying in Photos

    The aircraft's first transatlantic journey was operated by Pan Am from New York to Paris. Pan Am Boeing 707 ullstein bild Dtl./Getty Images. Source: Duxford Aviation Society, Britannica. After the ...

  12. History of Flight: Breakthroughs, Disasters and More

    March 27, 1977: Disaster at Tenerife. In the greatest aviation disaster in history, 583 people were killed and dozens more injured when two Boeing 747 jets—Pan Am 1736 and KLM 4805— collided ...

  13. Was Charles Lindbergh Second to Fly Across Atlantic?

    Searching for Remains of an Early Transatlantic Flight. The search continues for evidence that two French pilots made the trip in 1927.

  14. A History Of Transatlantic Travel Between London and New York

    The Transatlantic Jet Age. BOAC and Pan Am would become fierce rivals on London to New York. On 4 October 1958, BOAC beat Pan Am to operate the first transatlantic jet flight to New York. BOAC De Havilland DH106 Comet 4 Aircraft, London Airport, 4 October 1958 (Image Credit: British Airways)

  15. The First Transatlantic Flight

    The first transatlantic flight by Charles Lindbergh marks a truly significant moment in travel history. Charles Lindbergh proved that airplanes and air travel were safe, and that what was only was imagined was possible in reality. Charles Lindbergh created the boom that would establish air travel as a popular and preferred method of travel.

  16. First nonstop flight from Europe to North America

    Find History on Facebook (Opens in a new window) ... complete the first Europe-to-North-America transatlantic flight, ... who had flown in the German Army Air Service in World War I, and von ...

  17. The Transatlantic Flight of the NC-4

    But in May of 1919, one of the crucial steps to the success of air travel was undertaken by the U.S. Navy: the first transatlantic flight of the NC-4. The Curtiss NC seaplanes were originally created by the U.S. Navy to participate in World War I. By the time the four commissioned NC planes were completed in 1919, however, the war had been over ...

  18. How the DC-3 Revolutionized Air Travel

    Nigel Cox. On an early evening in late 1938, a gleaming American Airlines DC-3 departed Newark Airport, bound for Glendale, California. The takeoff, wrote a Fortune magazine reporter aboard to ...

  19. Graf Zeppelin: 5 Fun Facts About The First Successful Transatlantic

    Longest flight: The Graf Zeppelin's 6,168-mile non-stop transatlantic crossing took 111 hours and 44 minutes. Luxury travel: The airship offered 10-passenger cabins, luxurious dining, and ...

  20. Balloon crosses the Atlantic

    The Double Eagle II completes the first transatlantic balloon flight when it lands in a barley field near Paris, 137 hours after lifting off from Presque Isle, Maine. The helium-filled balloon was ...

  21. List of commercial transatlantic flights

    Lima Jorge Chávez International Airport. Sint Maarten. Princess Juliana International Airport. United States of America. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Boston-Logan International Airport. Chicago-O'Hare International Airport. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.

  22. 65 Years Of Crossing The Pond: A History Of Aer Lingus' Transatlantic

    Simple Flying looks at the history of the airline's transatlantic operations and takes a glimpse toward the future as the carrier gears up for its busiest-ever summer crossing 'the pond.' ... With the introduction of the long-haul jet airliner in the late 1950s, the complexion of commercial air travel changed for good. Aer Lingus was keen to ...

  23. Difference in some transAtlantic operators?

    Answer 1 of 9: We're looking to book a transAtlantic flight, and have several options among Star Alliance carriers. (We'll probably book through United, since we'll do a nonstop return flight with them, and they are part of the Star Alliance. ... Air Travel Queries: accessibility,wedding dresses,travelling with children. Connecting Flights at ...

  24. WestJet Group CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech outlines strategic plan in St

    Von Hoensbroech highlighted the WestJet Group's renewed commitment to the region, as exhibited by network enhancements unfolding across the province's key airports this summer, including; increased east-to-west domestic air service seamlessly connecting Canadians from coast-to-coast, and enhanced leisure service, accomplished through the ...