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    Albert Cushing Read, Sr. (March 29, 1887 – October 10, 1967) was an aviator and rear admiral in the United States Navy. He and his crew made the first...
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  • Albert Read may refer to: Albert Cushing Read (1887–1967), aviator and US Navy admiral Albert Read (footballer) (1893–1959), English international footballer...
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    William Cushing (1732–1810), U.S. Supreme Court justice Harvey Cushing (1869–1939), neurosurgeon Descendant by marriage: Albert Cushing Read (1887–1967)...
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    American pilots Elmer Fowler Stone and Walter Hinton, under command of Albert Cushing Read, took off from Trepassey, Newfoundland for an all-night flight to...
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    boat pioneer whose transatlantic challenge was cancelled due to WWI Albert Cushing Read - Commander of the first transatlantic flight (1919) John Rodgers...
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  • and humorist Richard Read (born 1957), American journalist Abner Read (1821–1863), United States Navy officer Albert Cushing Read (1887–1967), United States...
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    aunt Maude Cushing (his father's sister) and his step-uncle Wilton Herriot, after whom Peter Cushing received his middle name. The Cushing family lived...
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  • complete the journey. NC-4, under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Albert Cushing Read was able to survive the attempt, stopping in the Bay of Horta on...
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    NC-4, a United States Navy flying boat, commanded by Lt. Commander Albert Cushing Read, who flew from Naval Air Station Rockaway, New York to Plymouth with...
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  • 8–27 – United States Navy Curtiss flying boat NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read makes the first transatlantic flight, from Naval Air Station Rockaway...
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  • Poberezny (2016) Wiley Hardeman Post (1969) Harriet Quimby (2004) Albert Cushing Read (1965) Robert Campbell Reeve (1975) Frederick Brant Rentschler (1982)...
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    annals of early aviation history when United States Navy Captain Albert Cushing Read completed the first Atlantic leg of the first transatlantic flight...
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    be completed in fewer than 72 hours. The crewmen of the NC-4 were Albert Cushing Read, the commander and navigator; Walter Hinton and Elmer Fowler Stone...
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    Albert Cushing Read (1887–1967), American United States Navy Rear Admiral and aviator Albert B. Reagan (1871–1936), American author and historian Albert William...
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    Francisco without being spotted by the defending fleet. Captain Albert Cushing Read relieved Towers in July 1938. During Fleet Problem XX in 1939, the...
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    S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics & father of U.S. Naval aviation Albert Cushing Read - Commander of the first transatlantic flight (1919) John Rodgers...
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    20,700 ft (6,300 m), without oxygen. First transatlantic flight: Albert Cushing Read with a crew of five in a US Navy Curtiss NC flying boat, the NC-4...
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    Baxter E. Perry (1826–1906), second mayor of Medford, Massachusetts Albert Cushing Read (1887–1967), commanded first trans-Atlantic seaplane flight (1919)...
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  • two years later. 1919 – A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the...
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    S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics & father of U.S. Naval aviation Albert Cushing Read - U.S. commander of the first transatlantic flight (1919) John Henry...
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    Cushing was born in City Point, South Boston on August 24, 1895. The third of five children, he was the son of Patrick and Mary (née Dahill) Cushing....
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  • 8–27 – United States Navy Curtiss flying boat NC-4, commanded by Albert Cushing Read, makes the first transatlantic flight, from Naval Air Station Rockaway...
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  • United States Coast Guard pilot Elmer F. Stone under the command of Albert Cushing Read begins an Atlantic crossing in company, to fly by short stages from...
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    S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics & father of U.S. Naval aviation Albert Cushing Read - U.S. commander of the first transatlantic flight (1919) John Rodgers...
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  • Summer. May 16 – A U.S. Navy Curtiss aircraft (NC-4), commanded by Albert Cushing Read, departs Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the...
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    Theodore G. Ellyson, USN 1981 RADM William A. Moffett, USN 1981 RADM Albert Cushing Read, USN 1981 CAPT Holden C. Richardson, USN 1981 ADM John Henry Towers...
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    British commander of the first non-stop transatlantic flight (1919) Albert Cushing Read - U.S. commander of the first transatlantic flight (1919) John Rodgers...
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    [1791] 1821. The Freemasons Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry. Salem, MA: Cushing and Appleton. p. 66. "Anti-masonry Frequently Asked Questions". Grand Lodge...
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    Nations in the Book of Genesis, was the second son of Noah and the father of Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. Ham's descendants are interpreted by Josephus...
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  • Studio One, Smith was played by Eddie Albert. In BBC One's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954) Smith was played by Peter Cushing. Vincent Price played Smith in a 1955...
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