Dawn flight marks anniversary of Atlantic crossing

The head of the Irish Air Corps made a dawn flight today to mark the 75th anniversary of the first east-west crossing of the Atlantic by air.

Dawn flight marks anniversary of Atlantic crossing
Sat, 12 Apr, 2003 - 10:51

The head of the Irish Air Corps made a dawn flight today to mark the 75th anniversary of the first east-west crossing of the Atlantic by air.

Brigadier General Ralph James took off at breakfast time in a repeat of the historic trip made in 1928 by the Bremen, low-wing German-built Junkers monoplane.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: AtlanticPlace: Casement AerodromePlace: BaldonnelPlace: DublinPlace: United StatesPlace: ClifdenPlace: GalwayPlace: Portlaoise, Co LaoisPlace: Greenly IslandPlace: NewfoundlandPlace: QuebecPlace: New YorkPlace: O’Connell StreetPlace: HOLLANDPlace: IrelandPlace: east-west AtlanticPerson: Brigadier GeneralPerson: Ralph JamesPerson: John AlcockPerson: Arthur BrownPerson: James FitzmauricePerson: Brigadier JamesPerson: Hermann KoehlPerson: Baron von HuenefeldPerson: presidentPerson: Calvin CoolidgePerson: Kaiser Wilhelm IIPerson: W T CosgravePerson: Defence MinisterPerson: Desmond FitzgeraldPerson: DrPerson: Garret FitzGeraldPerson: FitzEvent: First World WarOrganisation: Irish Air CorpsOrganisation: BremenOrganisation: JunkersOrganisation: South Dublin County CouncilOrganisation: Air CorpsOrganisation: Royal Flying CorpsOrganisation: Royal Air ForceOrganisation: Irish Army Air Corps
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