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5 days ago · Italo Balbo was an Italian airman and fascist leader who played a decisive role in developing Benito Mussolini’s air force. After studying at Florence University and the Institute of Social Science in Rome, Balbo served as an officer in the Alpine Corps during World War I.
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2 days ago · A bit of history. The first flight over the North Atlantic took place way back in 1919. The route only started to get busier for commercial traffic after WWII, and in 1961 they started to worry about aircraft flying into each other and so implemented the first (occasional) use of NAT Tracks. By 1965, they were a daily feature.
May 29, 2024 · During the time the city held this fair, Italo Balbo arrived in dramatic fashion as the leader of the greatest mass flight in aviation history at the time, when 25 Savoia-Marchetti S.55X seaplanes crossed the Atlantic Ocean in formation, making stops in the Netherlands, Iceland, Canada, before hitting Chicago.
1 day ago · These ex-oilers had longer flight decks, greater range, were faster, more stable, carried 25-32 aircraft, and carried more fuel than the Bogue-Class ships. These improvements made them the choice for escorting troops across the Atlantic for the invasion of North Africa (Operation Torch) and their completion was expedited. Their extra fuel ...
May 31, 2024 · The Atlantic Ocean was first crossed non-stop by John Alcock and Arthur Brown in 1919, a mere sixteen years after the Wright Brothers first took flight at Kitty Hawk. Others would follow Alcock...
1 day ago · Through armed conquest Italian North Africa and Italian East Africa—separated by the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan—would be linked, and the Mediterranean prison destroyed. Then, Italy would be able to march "either to the Indian Ocean through the Sudan and Abyssinia, or to the Atlantic by way of French North Africa".
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May 28, 2024 · Flight status, tracking, and historical data for Norse Atlantic Airways 2 (N02/NBT2) including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times.
