First Jet crossing if the Atlantic (1948)

[colinwil]

I stumbled upon this fascinating account of the first jet crossing of the Atlantic by Vampires in 1948. Enjoy!

Link (http://www.3bktj.co.uk/wood10.htm)

[con-pilot]

As far as 'stumbles' goes, this is the best yet.

Great find! :ok:

[joy ride]

Great find.

[Wander00]

Brilliant, and as an aside, Mike Lyne mentioned at the beginning, a former CAM Hurricane pilot, was Commandant at the T (file://\\towers)owers in the early sixties when we were in residence (and he was in The Residence!), and his son, Sir Roderick, former Ambassador to Moscow, sat on the Iraq Inquiry

[joy ride]

So if this flight was the first ever crossing of the Atlantic by jet planes, why does no-one know about it? I have had a quick look on Google and Wiki but cannot find anything about it!

[PPRuNeUser0139]

Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire) and Flight (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1948/1948%20-%201135.html) both covered the story..

[DaveReidUK]

why does no-one know about it?See http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/554951-bbcs-greatest-turning-points-aviation.html#post8846280 (also has a link to the Flight report).

[Robert Cooper]

Gret Find. Fantastic stuff.

Bob C