Today in Aviation History : The Longest Flight - Part 2 of 2

E.O Tips, father of the Tipsies was involved in this historic flight. He was sent by Fairey to Portugal to deliver and prepare the aircraft. 

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Would you mind helping us grow Historic Wings? Please forward this message to a friend today! Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. HISTORIC WINGS The Longest Flight - Part 2 of 2 Today in Aviation :: March 31, 2013 We need to expand our readership! Please forward this story to a friend today! With 650 miles yet to go, the winds had not turned in their favor.  The two Portuguese aviators, Sacadura Cabral and Gago Coutinho, computed that they had just 8.5 hours of fuel remaining, and they were still burning 20 gallons per hour.  To make it to the rocks called the Penedo de São Pedro, they would have to fly at an average ground speed of 80 mph, yet they were only at 72 mph.  Disaster loomed.  Yet to succeed meant more than their lives to them — it meant that their goal of proving that flying could be done for long distances over water without reference to land, would have failed.  And thus, the two Portuguese aviators continued on, unaware of the disaster that would soon result from their decision. Continue Reading => Photo of the Day A Grumman G-44A Super Widgeon at the Reno Air Races in September 2011. Photo Credit:  David Lednicer Copyright © 2013 Historic Wings Magazine, All rights reserved. You have received this message because you opted in to our newsletter on our website -- historicwings.com. Our mailing address is: Historic Wings Magazine 118 N. Johnson Road Sterling, VA 20164 Copyright © 2013 Historic Wings & Thomas Van Hare All Rights Reserved