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The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever. The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and of Dutch maritime power .
As “The Flying Dutchman,” Buehl worked to promote general aviation: 1928, opened his first airport, at Somerton [1] 1930, began to work with C. Alfred Anderson, to help Anderson prepare for the Air Transport license. In 1932 he forcefully interceded when the flight inspector stated he would not examine Anderson [8]
Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), WWV 63, is a German-language opera, with libretto and music by Richard Wagner.The central theme is redemption through love. Wagner conducted the premiere at the Königliches Hoftheater Dresden in 1
Joost van Straaten was an 18th-century sea captain whose soul was claimed by Mephisto. [2] In life, he was a greedy and cruel sailor who ignored warnings of a treacherous storm, resulting in his ship and crew being swallowed by the sea.
Meder, Theo (2008), The Flying Dutchman and Other Folktales from the Netherlands, Libraries Unlimited, ISBN 978-1-59158-490-2 This article about a person from the Netherlands is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it .
Flying Dutchman Franklyn Keith Musto OBE (born 12 January 1936) is a British sailor and businessman. [ 1 ] He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman class and was reserve in the Flying Dutchman class for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich .
The Flying Dutchman or De Vliegende Hollander is a 1957 Dutch biographical film directed by Gerard Rutten about the life of famed aviator Anthony Fokker. Plot [ edit ]
The fishing trawler was run into in the North Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk by the schooner Harald ( Denmark) and was abandoned by her crew. She was later reboarded and taken in to Lowestoft. [98] Vesta United Kingdom: The brigantine was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk. [75]