First jet crossing of Atlantic

Most intersting stuff lad’s.

Anymore good bit’s!!!

Apparently the first jet airliner to cross the Atlantic was in 1950, not sure of the exact date. Was this in the DH Comet?

As for Canberras

From http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/baugher_us/b057-01.html

What did Roland Beaumont fly the day he made the first return trip in one day across the Atlantic?

Canberra – and Snapper will be after you!

It’s Beamont.

Apparently the first jet airliner to cross the Atlantic was in 1950, not sure of the exact date. Was this in the DH Comet?

As for Canberras

On February 21, WD932 left Aldergrove, Northern Ireland and landed at Gander, Newfoundland, becoming the first jet aircraft to make a direct, unrefuelled crossing of the Atlantic. It arrived at Andrews AFB on February 24, 1951

From http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/baugher_us/b057-01.html

What did Roland Beaumont fly the day he made the first return trip in one day across the Atlantic?

John,

I had read that before and found where – a very noted source – Alexandra Palace Television Society – so must be correct:
http://www.apts.org.uk/coronation.htm

Here’s the extract –

The BBC had arranged, with the co-operation of the RAF, to fly telerecordings – that is to say, recordings on film of the television broadcast – to Canada in three stages during the day. This arrangement – “Operation Pony Express” – functioned perfectly. The film recordings were flown across the Atlantic in three Canberra jet bombers which left London Airport at 1.30, 3.15 and 6.20 pm. Each Canberra took a little over five hours to reach its destination and at 4.15 pm, local time, a full telerecording of the BBC Television Programme was broadcast by television stations in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. Two of the major United States television networks, the NBC and the ABC, also took this programme via a television link from Montreal to Buffalo. Another major American network, CBS, broadcast its own telerecording of the BBC programme, which had been flown across the Atlantic by the Canberras and then flown on to Boston. Later in the day, NBC switched over to their own telerecording which had also been flown over.

It is estimated that over two million people in Canada and some eighty-five million all over the USA watched the Coronation on television. Approximately 80,000 feet of cinematography film was used for BBC telerecordings. Recordings of the sound broadcast required 3,400 12-in disks and some 250 disks of other sizes, as well as 200 reels (approximately 85 miles) of magnetic tape

Here’s a related question to the first jet bomber query.

In graduate school while researching the history of long range communications (pre-satellite) I found contempoary accounts of a RAF jet bomber (no type specified) being used to fly films of HM QEII’s coronation to Canada. From there it would be sent via microwave to the rest of Canada and the USA.

If the news account are correct, I belive it would of have to have been a Canberra…as the Valiant wasn’t in service yet. Has anyone else heard of this mission?
BTW: Also, an American TV newortk hired an airliner and fitted it with a film developing unit so film could be processed and edit in flight to it was ready for braodcast once it landed in Newfoundland (Gander ot St. Johns).

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can hear you Stormbird – suprised no one’s come up with an answer yet.

I reckon must have been a Canberra.

Roger Smith.

Is there anybody………..OUTTHERE!!!!

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Oh the master race Humman animal’s of this Planet(Yer right :rolleyes: ),are you receiving me ok …OVER!

RODGER RODGER

Wilko

Out :p

10-9

NURSE! 😮

10-100 needed at…….. :p

What was the first JET bomber type to make it across the Pond, Pommie or Yanky???

WOW, the bloody Link even seem’s to work for once!!!

Bugger me!

Enjoy!!!

Great thread Stan

Stan, You sparked an old memory for me mate! 😉

This is one that the Pom’s just pulled off in their Vamp’s 😮 , JUST in front of the Yank’s F-80’s crossing team, and the after tour is just so Funny! :p .

Here a taste of what at one of the Pilot’s in a Vamp on that Tour! has at his Web site….. Great to see Micky Martin was still using his fantastic skill after the War 😎 .

An amazing project, when you look at ALL the aircraft involved., Vamp, Mossie, York!!

Will try and put the Link in now 😮 , but check out the whole site, it’s top stuff 😀

Photo’s from Bill Wood’s site, C.William’s

http://website.lineone.net/~katie-jones/wood10.htm

Enjoy!!

Thanks Steve

There was a piece about it in Aeroplane a few months back I think.