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newyorkthegoldenage · 6 months ago
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Aviators as heroes: more than two million people lined up to cheer Captain Hermann Koehl (waving with hat), Major James C. Fitzmaurice (waving), and Baron Ehrenfried Guenther Von Huenefeld (seated behind right) during their ticker tape parade, May 17, 1928. They had flown from Dublin to Newfoundland in their plane, the Bremen 2504, in 36.5 hours.
Photo: Associated Press
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aviationhistory · 8 years ago
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(12-13) Major James Fitzmaurice (pilot), Baron guenther Von Huenefeld and Captain Hermann Koehl made the first east to west crossing of the Atlantic in a Junkers Bremen. They flew from Baldonell, Ireland to Greenley Island, Canada in 37 hours.
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