‘The Military Chartmaker’
Vice Admiral Shannon D. Cramer, Jr., presented the American contribution to the development of navigational charts in his paper (this Journal , 30 , 15, Jan. 1977). He comments that: It is seldom realized that the first flight across the Atlantic was completed by the U.S. Navy in 1919—eight years be...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0373463300044015 2024-03-03T08:46:42+00:00 ‘The Military Chartmaker’ Harrison, A. 1977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300044015 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300044015 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Journal of Navigation volume 30, issue 2, page 326-326 ISSN 0373-4633 1469-7785 Ocean Engineering Oceanography journal-article 1977 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300044015 2024-02-08T08:44:49Z Vice Admiral Shannon D. Cramer, Jr., presented the American contribution to the development of navigational charts in his paper (this Journal , 30 , 15, Jan. 1977). He comments that: It is seldom realized that the first flight across the Atlantic was completed by the U.S. Navy in 1919—eight years before Charles A. Lindbergh's courageous solo flight. There are two points which appear to be equally seldom realized. (1) The U.S. Navy flight certainly crossed from one Atlantic coast to the other, but the crossing was achieved by one flight from Newfoundland to the Azores on 16 May, 1919 and a second flight from the Azores to Lisbon nine days later on May 28. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Cambridge University Press Cramer ENVELOPE(-63.098,-63.098,-64.824,-64.824) Journal of Navigation 30 2 326 326 |
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Vice Admiral Shannon D. Cramer, Jr., presented the American contribution to the development of navigational charts in his paper (this Journal , 30 , 15, Jan. 1977). He comments that: It is seldom realized that the first flight across the Atlantic was completed by the U.S. Navy in 1919—eight years before Charles A. Lindbergh's courageous solo flight. There are two points which appear to be equally seldom realized. (1) The U.S. Navy flight certainly crossed from one Atlantic coast to the other, but the crossing was achieved by one flight from Newfoundland to the Azores on 16 May, 1919 and a second flight from the Azores to Lisbon nine days later on May 28. |
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