As the Atlantic ocean for the first time in the air was vanquishedAir travel across the Atlantic are for passengers today as normal. Today that is no longer the most common means of transport are ships, several brave flight pioneers were over a hundred years ago. Without a doubt, The undefeated Queen of the Crossing of the Atlantic, the Concorde is. The Supersonic aircraft travelled the route of New York – London and once in 2:53 hours. However, also ordinary passenger plane to make the leap between North America and Europe, nowadays, in amazingly Short times. Last year, a Boeing 787-9 flew from Norwegian thanks to a strong Tailwind in 5:13 hours from New York JFK to London Gatwick. Over a hundred years ago this was still inconceivable. Who wanted to travel between North America and Europe, had to take the ship. The journey dragged on over days. Even today, larger cross travel and container ships, on average, coasts for about five days between the two Atlantic. But it is precisely in 1919, when aviation was still in its infancy, was to pave the way across the Atlantic. |