This illustration dates to the 1920s. Its caption reads: Bridging the Atlantic by Airship and Aeroplane. This chart graphically shows the course of the first airplanes and airships which crossed the Atlantic. The U.S. Navy seaplane NC-4 was first to make the flight, May 16-27, 1919, making a stop at the Azores. The first non-stop flight was made in a British biplane, June 14-15, 1919. The first airship flight was made by the British dirigible R-34, which made a round-trip flight in July 1919. The ZR-3 (now the Los Angeles). built in Germany flew from there to Lakehurst, N.J. in October 1924. In the same year the Atlantic was crossed by the American world-flyers, going by way of Iceland and Greenland.
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This illustration dates to the 1920s. Its caption reads: Bridging the Atlantic by Airship and Aeroplane. This chart graphically shows the course of the first airplanes and airships which crossed the Atlantic. The U.S. Navy seaplane NC-4 was first to make the flight, May 16-27, 1919, making a stop at the Azores. The first non-stop flight was made in a British biplane, June 14-15, 1919. The first airship flight was made by the British dirigible R-34, which made a round-trip flight in July 1919. The ZR-3 (now the Los Angeles). built in Germany flew from there to Lakehurst, N.J. in October 1924. In the same year the Atlantic was crossed by the American world-flyers, going by way of Iceland and Greenland.

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UMG25A05_453

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Droits gérés

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airships aeroplanes Atlantic flights U.S. Navy Seaplane NC-4 Azores British biplane dirigible Lakehurst New Jersey Iceland Greenland airplane 1920s 20th century

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