2-13 July 1919: The Flights of the R34—The British Royal Air Force rigid dirigible R34 completed the first east-to-west trans-Atlantic flight (2-6 July, one hundred eight hours) from East Fortune, Scotland to Mineola, New York & then the first return trans-Atlantic flight (10-13 July, seventy-five hours); the outbound flight carried two stowaways: a crewman meant to be left behind to save weight & his cat.
Lest we forget.
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