The History of Development of Transatlantic Passenger Air Services

Sobolev, Laskovaya

doi:10.31857/S020596060013011-4

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The History of Development of Transatlantic Passenger Air Services

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S020596060013011-4-1

DOI

10.31857/S020596060013011-4

Publication type

Article

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Published

Authors

Laskovaya Sobolev

Affiliation: S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki

Edition

Volume 41 4

Pages

677-691

Abstract

The task of opening transatlantic flights between North America and Europe was commercially attractive but technically difficult. This paper reviews four stages in its implementation in the 1920s – 1940s: the attempts at world-beating flights across the Atlantic; the use of dirigibles; a short-lived exploitation of flying boats; and the beginning of regular passenger flights after WWII. The use of flight range extension methods such as fuel terminals in the ocean, in-flight refueling, and combined airplanes is described.

Keywords

airplane, dirigible, flying boat, refueling

Received

06.02.2020

Publication date

23.12.2020

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26130

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GOST	Sobolev L. The History of Development of Transatlantic Passenger Air Services // Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki – 2020. – V. 41. – 4 C. 677-691 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://vietmag.org/S020596060013011-4-1 (circulation date: 20.02.2025). DOI: 10.31857/S020596060013011-4
MLA	Sobolev, Laskovaya "The History of Development of Transatlantic Passenger Air Services." Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki 41.4 (2020):677-691. DOI: 10.31857/S020596060013011-4
APA	Sobolev L. (2020). The History of Development of Transatlantic Passenger Air Services. Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki 41(4), pp.677-691 DOI: 10.31857/S020596060013011-4

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