Balbo's North Atlantic Flight in 1933 
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Stage New York – Shediac

Distance
Departure date
Arrival date
Duration
km. 1200
1933-07-25 - 10:15:00
1933-07-25 - 16:10:00
05:55:00


Official statement of 1933: "Yesterday, at 2:16 pm (Greenwich), the second Atlantic Air Force took off from Floyd Bennet airport in New York for Shediac, the first part of the navigation to Boston was thwarted by a strong wind In contrast, with low clouds: little visibility and rain, conditions that have remained almost constant until the Bay of Fundy, where time has improved a lot, allowing, among other things, excellent visibility. 19.50 The twenty-third apparatus with Captain Gallo has arisen in Portland, after having received regular authorization from the commander of the Squad, to whom he had denounced excessive consumption of oil and the probability of remaining without it before arriving at Shediac. after having supplied himself with lubricant in Portland, he resumed his flight and arrived at Shediac at 9.50 pm The twenty-first apparatus of Captain Aramu, he use received, due to lack of fuel and, after having refueled, he resumed his flight arriving at the stage at 22.15."


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Shediac: the sea planes at the bottom
Shediac: the sea planes at the bottom