ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60094
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| Date: | Saturday 4 August 1928 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: | Amiot 123 |
| Owner/operator: | Government of Poland |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 40 mi off the Spanish coast -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Paris Le Bourget |
| New York | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ludwik Idzikowski, pilot, and his navigator Kazimierz Kubala had taken of from Le Bourget, Paris to make an east-west crossing of the Atlantic Ocean to New York.
Their plane was an Amiot 123 biplane provided by the Government of Poland and named 'Marshall Pilsudski' after the Polish head of state.
After about 2,000 miles falling engine oil levels forced the flyers to turn around and head back.
The Amiot was ditched in the sea , after 31 hours in the air, next to a German merchant ship the Samos, and the flyers were saved and the plane salvaged.
However, the 'Marshall Pilsudski' had sustained a level of damage that made it uneconomic to repair.
Sources:
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
06-08-1928
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2009 16:09 | angels one five | Added |
| 10-Sep-2010 02:11 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 02:06 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2014 15:47 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2021 16:50 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Time, Departure airport, Source] |
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