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Hawker Starts Transatlantic Flight From Boston
Australian aviator Hawker launches a Sopwith toward Ireland in a bid to beat US Navy seaplanes to the Irish coast. His rival Raynham, piloting a Martinsyde, crashes during takeoff as both race to win the £50,000 prize and claim aviation history.
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Hawker
Atlantic
Irish
Boston
Frederick P. Raynham
London Daily Mail
Raynham
Charles W. F. Morgan
Martinsyde
United States Navy
Horta
Yankees
Navy
Greenwich
Ireland
Grieve
Mackenzie Grieve
Royal Air Force Meteorologists
Mount Pearl Plateau
mid-Atlantic
England
Sopwith
Abe
St. John’s
Rayham