ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26826
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| Date: | Sunday 18 May 1919 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Martinsyde Type A Biplane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John's, NFL -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Ireland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The race to fly nonstop across the Atlantic continued at Newfoundland. Two unsuccessful attempts were made on 18 May 1919. Harry George Hawker and Kenneth Mackenzie Grieve departed from a field in Mount Pearl, but an engine of the "Sopwith failure forced them to land in the Atlantic Ocean 14 hours and 1,770 kilometres later. They were rescued by a Danish freighter. Raynham and Morgan's Martinsyde biplane crashed moments after takeoff from a field near Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John's, because it could not carry the heavy gasoline load needed to cross the Atlantic.
Note: Hawker died in an aircraft accident 12 July 1921.
Sources:
http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft30097.htm
La Nación (Santiago) 15 July 1921, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jan-2013 08:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2024 10:05 | TB | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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