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The Dixie Clipper (civil registration NC18605) was an American Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat, best known for in June 1939 beginning the first scheduled air service between America and Europe, the first American aircraft to carry passengers and a cargo of mail across the South Atlantic and the first all-metal air transport to fly 3,120 miles non-stop. [1]
The flying boat reached Southampton on 10 July, the flight having taken 27 hours and 20 minutes of which 22 hours and 34 minutes was flying time. [23] On 13 October Yankee Clipper left Port Washington for Lisbon with 35 passengers (all but four alighting in Bermuda) and 1,385 pounds (628 kg) of mail, setting a record for the eastbound crossing ...
L.F. Wade International Airport (IATA: BDA, ICAO: TXKF), formerly named Bermuda International Airport, is the sole airport serving the British overseas territory of Bermuda in the north Atlantic Ocean. It is located in the parish of St. George's and is 6 nautical miles (11 kilometres; 6.9 miles) northeast of Bermuda's capital, Hamilton. [1]
On December 13, 1994, American Eagle Flight 3379 operated by AMR's regional airline Flagship Airlines, [78] a Jetstream 31 was on a regularly scheduled service of Raleigh–Greensboro–Raleigh when it crashed into a wooded area about 4 miles (6.4 km) SW of the airport, in the vicinity of Morrisville. Of the 20 onboard (18 passengers and two ...
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[29] [30] [31] The range of the Short Empire flying boat was less than that of the equivalent US Sikorsky "Clipper" flying boats and as such was initially unable to provide a true trans-Atlantic service. [26] Two flying boats (Caledonia and Cambria) were lightened and given long-range tanks to increase the aircraft's range to 3,300 miles (5,300 ...
Southwest Airlines is RDU’s third-busiest airline, operating out of Terminal 1 and handling about 15.4% of the airport’s passengers. It flies to about 15 destinations, including hubs in ...
With these new routes, RDU travelers have a record 14 nonstop international destinations to choose from. RDU, Avelo Airlines announce two more international flights from the Triangle Skip to main ...