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to Lt. Commander John H. Towers for "conceiving, organizing, and commanding the first trans-Atlantic flight", and the six men of the flight crew "for their extraordinary achievement in making the first successful trans-Atlantic flight, in the United States naval flying boat NC-4, in May 1919." The
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with more powerful engines, longer ranges, better hulls and better handling characteristics. He shared this design with the
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1654:High Flight.
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1600:Bibliography
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1566:Foxfall.com.
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1495:"Aroostook."
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279:Please help
274:verification
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208:Newfoundland
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137:Preserved at
121:First flight
113:Manufactured
61:Manufacturer
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1480:22 February
1232:Long Island
1108:Performance
1100:Propellers:
1058:Powerplant:
702:Flight crew
643:John Alcock
576:Jack Towers
539:star shells
433:World War I
390:in Europe.
388:World War I
383:flying boat
325:World War I
243:John Alcock
204:Nova Scotia
170:World War I
161:flying boat
100:Total hours
1755:Categories
1589:0370100298
1201:References
1176:in wartime
1155:Power/mass
1121:Endurance:
999:Wing area:
831:NC-4 Medal
814:Gulf Coast
679:Daily Mail
663:Daily Mail
565:cargo ship
531:destroyers
519:destroyers
427:Curtiss NC
395:Royal Navy
368:hydroplane
344:Daily Mail
253:Background
158:Curtiss NC
129:In service
54:Curtiss NC
1270:Citations
1244:U.S. Navy
987:Wingspan:
946:Data from
902:Operators
865:of 1903;
803:USS
792:Aroostook
787:Aroostook
785:USS
729:navigator
672:Greenland
523:Aroostook
515:Aroostook
506:Aroostook
504:USS
501:minelayer
482:U.S. Navy
478:Trepassey
423:U.S. Navy
132:1919–1920
76:U.S. Navy
1736:USCG.mil
1559:Archived
1537:Archived
1498:Archived
1375:Archived
1348:Archived
1189:See also
1165:Armament
812:and the
805:Zeppelin
617:Plymouth
497:flagship
330:June Bug
321:aviation
293:May 2017
165:aircraft
1421:Flight,
1394:"NC-4."
1228:Ireland
1006:Airfoil
993:Height:
966:Length:
874:of 1927
860:Wright
668:Iceland
658:Ireland
654:biplane
639:nonstop
613:England
381:America
372:takeoff
359:or the
357:Iceland
241:pilots
233:nonstop
108:History
92:Flights
1742:11 May
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361:Azores
83:Serial
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1214:Notes
1138:NC-2:
1083:NC-2:
1073:NC-1:
1048:NC-2:
1027:NC-2:
1011:RAF 6
977:NC-2:
960:Crew:
862:Flyer
723:were
649:in a
569:Ionia
562:Greek
546:Horta
220:Spain
156:is a
103:21379
87:A2294
1744:2016
1658:ISBN
1636:ISBN
1612:ISBN
1584:ISBN
1482:2019
1091:NC-T
1060:4 ×
886:X-1
769:NC-4
767:The
735:and
721:NC-4
645:and
488:and
399:RNAS
315:The
245:and
154:NC-4
152:The
116:1917
50:Type
28:NC-4
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