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Old 19th May 2015, 09:44
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LTN's first flight from New York?

Probably not, but it seems topical at the moment. This Fournier RF-4D took part in the Daily Mail transatlantic air race in May 1969, which was held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Atlantic crossing by Alcock and Brown in 1919. It stopped at Luton en route to Biggin Hill on 11th May. It was accompanied by a rather rare type (in Europe at least) in the form of Aero Commander 100/Lark Commander N3622X, which I inexplicably failed to get a photo of.







N1700 11/5/69


The pilot Mira Slovak flew an aircraft like this (an RF-4 with the same registration) from Germany to the US in May 1968; for an interesting account of that flight see:- Fournier RF4D N1700 Mira Slovak, Twirty-Six Horsepower Over the Atlantic


The aircraft pictured above ended up in the Seattle Boeing Museum of Flight at Everett. Very recent reports (15th May) indicate it is now in the UK at Gloucestershire, officially registered N1700G. See:-https://twitter.com/egbjdh
(link doesn't work, so need to copy and paste into browser window. That works!).


Have corrected some of the above, with thanks to Dave Reid for providing the additional correct information.

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