Officers and crew ready the U.S. Navy Curtiss NC-4 Nancy for the gruelling hop to come. The NC-4 took off from Newfoundland on 16 May 1919 and landed in the waters off Portugal on 27 May 1919. It was the first aircraft, of any type, to span the Atlanti
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