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1927 Aeroplane "America" and crew prepare and take off for trans-Atlantic flight to France
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3:24Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1927
Location: Unknown location
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: International Newsreel
USA: New York: Long Island: East Garden City: Roosevelt Field:
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Bertrand Blanchard Acosta, Bad Boy of the Air, Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Leiutenant Commander George O. Noville, first experimental USPS mail transport "America", 1st quartette to attempt trans-Atlantic flight, first trans-atlantic air mail pilot, Charles Lindbergh, Clarence Chamberlin, air views, aerials, air shots
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