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Transatlantic crossing. Transatlantic crossings are passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe or Africa and the Americas. The majority of passenger traffic is across the North Atlantic between Western Europe and North America. Centuries after the dwindling of sporadic Viking trade with Markland, a regular and ...
The Atlantic Telegraph Company led by Cyrus West Field constructed the first transatlantic telegraph cable. [1] The project began in 1854 with the first cable laid from Valentia Island off the west coast of Ireland to Bay of Bulls, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. The first communications occurred on August 16, 1858, but the line speed was poor.
The Mode A code 7776 is assigned as a test code by the ORCAM Users Group, specifically for the testing of transponders. [18] 7777 US, Germany, UK, Belgium, Netherlands: Non-discrete code used by fixed test transponders (RABMs) to check correctness of radar stations (BITE). US
Transatlantic (TV series) Transatlantic is a historical drama miniseries created by Anna Winger and Daniel Hendler, based on the 2019 novel The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer. The novel explores the historic Emergency Rescue Committee that operated in Marseille, Spain, and Portugal in 1940 after the fall of France.
Born. (1931-11-13) November 13, 1931 (age 92) Florida. Nationality. American. Known for. Sailing single-handed across the Atlantic Ocean in two tiny sailboats. Hugo Vihlen (born November 13, 1931) [1] is a single-handed sailor who set world records by crossing the Atlantic Ocean in two tiny sailboats in 1968 and 1993.
11 October 1928. First flight. 18 September 1928. Retired. 18 June 1937. LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin 127) was a German passenger-carrying hydrogen -filled rigid airship that flew from 1928 to 1937. It offered the first commercial transatlantic passenger flight service. The ship was named after the German airship pioneer ...
RMS Queen Mary [3] is a retired British ocean liner that operated primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line.Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, she was subsequently joined by RMS Queen Elizabeth [4] in Cunard's two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York.
Empress of Britain. (1930) Sunk by torpedo by U-32, 28 October 1940. RMS Empress of Britain was a steam turbine ocean liner built between 1928 and 1931 by John Brown shipyard in Scotland, owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and operated by Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. She was the second of three Canadian Pacific ships named ...