| ID | #1632498382 |
| Added | Fri, 24/09/2021 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | The New York Times
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
The transatlantic flight, unusual in that it was not announced in advance, apparently operated last night. The British steamer Ranee told Radio Marine Corporation that it spotted the plane at 19:04 500 miles from Cape Race, Northern Ireland, which was heading east. Its navigation lights were clearly visible, but its identification numbers were not.
It was reported that there were no aircraft equipped for flights across the Atlantic at major airports in the capital region yesterday. Pan-American Airways said it could not have been one of the Pan-American or Imperial Airways research aircraft. The Canadian press reported that nothing was known about an unidentified plane off the east coast of Canada.
Director Howard Hughes was thinking about such a flight. At the Newark airport, where he keeps his plane, the operator in the control room said that the plane did not leave the field yesterday. Dick Merrill, who flew to London and returned during the coronation, also considered flying to Rome and back. However, the Eastern Airlines offices in Newark believed that Merrill was on the West Coast.
Original news
New York, New York, TIMES, 22 July 1937, page 3
MYSTERY PLANE OVER SEA
Sighted, Eastbound, by Steamship 500 Miles Off Cape Race
A transatlantic flight, unusual in that it had not been announced in advance, was apparently under way last night. The British steamship Ranee reported to the Radio Marine Corporation that it had sighted a plane at 7:04 P. M. 500 miles off Cape Race, Nfld., headed east. Its navigation lights were plainly visible but its identification numbers were not.
At the major airports in the metropolitan area no plane equipped to fly the Atlantic was reported to have taken off yesterday. Pan-American Airways said it could not have been one of the survey planes of Pan-American or Imperial Airways. Nothing was known of the unidentified plane along Canada's eastern seaboard, the Canadian Press reported.
Howard Hughes, the motion picture director, was contemplating such a flight. At Newark Airport, where he keeps his plane, the operator in the control tower said that the plane had not left the field yesterday. Dick Merrill, who flew to London and return during the coronation, was also considering a round-trip flight to Rome. At the Eastern Airlines Offices in Newark, however, it was thought Merrill was on the West Coast.
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