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Sep 25^th, 2007 at 11:41am

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the navy curtis nc-4 flying boat...a detailed version....hard to understand why nobody has done a good job on this one.....then again maybe it wasn't the first to cross the atlantic?

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Reply #1 - Sep 25^th, 2007 at 2:34pm

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It was indeed the first crossing of the Atlantic by air. Odd there isn't one. The first non-stop was of course Alcock and Brown in the Vickers Vimy which is a default aircraft in FS9.... never really thought about it. I've not seen a really good one but you never know there might be one in the works.

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Reply #2 - Sep 25^th, 2007 at 3:44pm

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i don't quite figure it...the vimy was non stop....the nc-4 wasn't?....i've ordered plans for one, for an r/c electric............................vic

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Reply #3 - Sep 25^th, 2007 at 4:13pm

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yancovitch wrote on Sep 25^th, 2007 at 3:44pm:

i don't quite figure it...the vimy was non stop....the nc-4 wasn't?....i've ordered plans for one, for an r/c electric............................vic

The NC-4 crossing was done in stages with several stops along the way. http://www.aviation-history.com/navy/nc4.html
Alcock & Brown were awarded the £10,000 prize for the first non-stop crossing from North America to England or Ireland in the Vickers Vimy a couple of weeks later.

I found an FS9 model of the NC-4 by Dennis Simanaitis. You might already have it. If not do a search for nc4ds.zip

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Reply #4 - Sep 26^th, 2007 at 10:10am

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thanks hagar...had it before, but lost it...now, i was able to find it again....was hoping for a more refined and detailed version...will be fine for now...thanks again...vic

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