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colinwil

13th Apr 2015 02:25

First Jet crossing if the Atlantic (1948)

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

Link

con-pilot

14th Apr 2015 01:06

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

Great find! :ok:

joy ride

14th Apr 2015 08:26

Great find.

Wander00

14th Apr 2015 09:28

Brilliant, and as an aside, Mike Lyne mentioned at the beginning, a former CAM Hurricane pilot, was Commandant at the Towers 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

14th Apr 2015 09:43

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

14th Apr 2015 11:46

Wiki and Flight both covered the story..

DaveReidUK

14th Apr 2015 14:06

Quote:

why does no-one know about it?

See http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...ml#post8846280 (also has a link to the Flight report).

Robert Cooper

14th Apr 2015 19:50

Gret Find. Fantastic stuff.

Bob C

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