Photograph
Atlantic-Crossing Airplanes
| Navy seaplanes NC-1 and (in the foreground) NC-3 at Trepassay Bay, the jumping off point for the first attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Not in the picture is NC-4, the only plane from this three-plane effort that successfully reached Europe. The naval vessel in the picture was one of a fleet of ships stationed along the route to provide navigational support. |
| Image ID: | 10723 |
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| Creation Date: | 05 15 1919 |
| Creator Name: | United States. Navy. |
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| Collection Name: | Harry A. Bruno papers, 1919-1969 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | U.S. Mss 53AF Box 3 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8.5 x 7 inches |
| Flying off course both NC-1 and NC-3 went down off in the Azores, the interim stop enroute to Portugal. The NC-1 crew was rescued by a passing freighter. The NC-3 was unable to take off from the ocean, but it did sail safely to the Azores. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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