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Nature 140, 56 (10 July 1937) | doi:10.1038/140056b0;

Atlantic Air Mail Service

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THE first test flight of the Atlantic air mail service began on July 5 when the Imperial Airways flying-boat Caledonia left Foynes, Ireland, for Botwood, Newfoundland, and two and a half hours later the Pan-American Airways Clipper III took off from Botwood on the easterly crossing. The two boats alighted at their destinations within a quarter of an hour of each, other on July 6. The Caledonia, under Captain A. S, Wilcockson, flew mostly at a height of 1,500 ft.