Article: ATTEMPT NEAR FOR 1ST CROSSING OF ATLANTIC IN HOT-AIR BALLOON

Article: ``Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer'' Unveiled; Steve ...
Business Wire;  January 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Virgin Music Group, Virgin Mobile, Virgin Atlantic Airways), Branson's taste for adventure ... crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in his boat Virgin Atlantic Challenger II. In 1987, the Virgin Atlantic Flyer, with Branson at the controls, became ...

Article: Atlantic flyer is travelling light.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  June 7, 2001 ;     630 words ... ... Ireland. If all goes well, the 56-year-old will make the crossing in about 30 hours, piloting his 7ft-long Lion Atlantic Flyer at a steady 65mph. Mr Milton, of London, has experience on his side - 14 years ago he became the first man to fly around ...

Article: Atlantic flyer
The Independent - London;  July 16, 2008 ;     337 words ...Coville's 'praying mantis' smashes record by eight hours The record for sailing solo across the Atlantic was taken from one Frenchman by another yesterday, writes Stuart Alexander. The 40- year-old Thomas Coville set a time of 5 days 19hr 29min 20sec, sweeping out of the fog and into the record

Article: Atlantic flyer that's faster than a bullet.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  July 26, 2000 ;     534 words ...Concorde's has become the convenient way to cross the Atlantic for the wealthy, the famous and for high-flying business executives. The supersonic airliner is powered by four Rolls-Royce SNECMA Olympus 593 engines, each producing 38,000 lbs of thrust. Concorde takes off at 250mph and has a cruising

Article: Atlantic flyer.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 6, 2001 ;     567 words ...Byline: BRIAN GILES IT IS not often that a horse looks well in in the Tote Cambridgeshire but Transatlantic ( Newmarket, next best, 3.55) appears very well treated at the weights this afternoon. Last time out Transatlantic beat Red Carnation who gave the form a boost when going on to win at

Article: Brighouse in an Atlantic flyer.(Features)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  April 15, 2005 ;     641 words ...Byline: Val Javin , It must be one of the briefest, furthest but most memorable trips they have ever made. Brighouse and Rastrick Band are back from a flying visit to Canada. Quite literally. In little over a weekend, they made their first ever Transatlantic trip to play two concerts in Canada.

Article: Town has high hopes of a role in film of aviation pioneer Amelia; ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Robin Turner A SMALL Welsh fishing town's key role in aviation history is to be recalled in a new Hollywood movie. When Amelia Earhart flewinto Carmarthenshire's Burry Port on June 18, 1928, she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. The feat garnered worldwide newspaper