The Curtiss NC-4 is an American flying boat built by Curtiss for the United States Navy, one of a small group of large four-engine NC-type flying boats built near the end of the First World War. In May 1919 the NC-4 became the first aircraft to complete a transatlantic crossing, flying in stages from Newfoundland to the Azores, Lisbon and finally Plymouth, England, a feat achieved several weeks before the more famous nonstop transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown, and it remains a landmark aircraft in the early history of long-distance transoceanic flight.
Facts
SignificanceFirst aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, though not non-stop 1 Manufacturer or BuilderCurtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (hull by Herreshoff Manufacturing Corporation) 1 In the Other Atlases
Manufactured By
Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.
Sources
1. Curtiss NC-4 (Wikipedia)
Design and development
The NC-4 made its first test flight on 30 April 1919.
Design and development, manufacture
The aircraft was designed by Glenn Curtiss and his team, and manufactured by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, with the hull built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Corporation in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Introduction, significance
the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, albeit not non-stop.
In Group: Early and Interwar Flying Boats, Lead sentence
The NC-4 is a Curtiss NC flying boat that was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, albeit not non-stop.
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