This is an excellent and very factual book of the flights of the Nancy flying boats in 1919. The author must have had access to the logs of the NC-4 to have had such detail. He also had more detail on the network of destroyers and other warships that picketed the flight for guidance and support than I have seen before in any other historical text on the subject. I am very pleased to add this to my library.
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Historically very complete, well researched, covers not only the factual story, but also the significance of the planning as well as the execution of the flight. Includes what went wrong as well as what went right, and explains the impact of this flight on subsequent long distance overwater commercial flying.
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Several million people fly the Atlantic Ocean each year. Every plane that crosses does so under a system of radio communications, weather forecasting, satellite navigation, and rescue forces that is the inheritance of the first Trans-Atlantic flight, by the US Navy's NC flying boats. Today, the story of the NC Trans-Atlantic Flight Expedition and her crews has been all but lost to the dustbin of history. This review...
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