Today in History: The airship America and the First Attempt to Fly the Atlantic

On October 15, 1910, Walter Wellman’s airship America departed Atlantic City, New Jersey on the first attempt in history to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air. In honor of this anniversary I have just published a detailed account of the airship and its flight.

Airship America, showing Equilibrator in the water

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