The Curtiss NC (Curtiss Navy Curtiss, nicknamed "Nancy boat" or "Nancy") was a flying boat built by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company and used by the...
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The NC-4 is a Curtiss NC flying boat that was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, albeit not non-stop. The NC designation was derived...
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Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He...
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Curtiss A-2 (engine) Curtiss OX-5 Curtiss OXX Curtiss C-6 Curtiss D-12 (Curtiss V-1150) Curtiss K-12 Curtiss V-2 Curtiss V-1570 Conqueror Curtiss H-1640...
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designator NC) Curtiss NC, an American flying boat nicknamed the "Nancy boat" NC-4, the first aircraft to cross the atlantic (with multiple stops) NC, an international...
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naval aviation pioneer that designed the Curtiss NC-4, the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Curtiss was laid down on 25 March 1938, by the...
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his affiliation with Curtiss using Curtiss Model F flying boats for instruction and eventually co-piloting one of the Curtiss NC flying boats for the...
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Woolston to Le Havre in France, but it was short-lived.[citation needed] A Curtiss NC-4 became the first airplane to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919,...
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Navy. He and his crew made the first transatlantic flight in the NC-4, a Curtiss NC flying boat. Read was born in Lyme, New Hampshire on March 29, 1887...
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Woolston to Le Havre in France, but it was short-lived.[citation needed] A Curtiss NC-4 became the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919,...
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