Blue Water Navy

Here I am again with another off the wall poll. The reason I do these is to help all refocus a bit on something different. This way we can return to the task at hand, which is to get HR6562 Passed. Let me know how everyone feels about these polls. Be nice though, however I am a big boy and take correction easily.
Have fun on this one as the answer may surprise you and make you proud at the same time.

Terry,
Your poll doesn't list any names!

it was a guy in a balloon, wasnt it? LOL

dangit Fith,, why do you want to confuse me like that

Papaw

No names, because I want to see if you can find it and no it was not in a balloon. It was in an airplane.. Look it up and see if you can find it. I did give a hint when I said it would make us proud.

There was six of them that went over in a flying boat...guess they couldn't figure out if they wanted to join the Navy or Air Force. It was called an NC-4, began it's flight on May 8, 1919.......at least thats what the story say's.......but knowing Terry, he may have really come up with a dooooozie one here.....LOL

Later Gang

Ken,
Way to go with the research, I must hand it to you, you have done it again. That is the correct answer and they used the plane for recruiting for the U S Navy. They barnstormed the country to get people excited about the Navy's flight school. This one great moment in history gave birth to what we have today and what we had during Vietnam. Superb pilots that we can all be proud of. All of you should read the story about these guys and see just how dangerous this flight was for them to make.
GO NAVY

Next time Ken, I think I am going to exclude you from the poll

Well thanks Terry...think that is where John McCain took flight school lessons??.......now that's funny!!!

Later

Nope, it was off the back of a cereal box.
A quick aside, did you ever see film of him climbing out of his jet after the missile blew up under him on the deck of the carrier? Pretty amazing stuff. I don't see how he made it out of there alive, sadly there were 17 sailors who did die during the fire.
Oh, and I will let you in on the next poll I do.......

Calbraith Rodgers,, in 1911

spread out over 84 days, 69 stops, which also included 16 crash landings..

(includes hospitalization time,)

You threw everyone off, when you said transcontinental,, and they were thinking trans - Atlantic,, ie: the Lindbergh flight. Took me a bit to get that in my head. it is so cluttered up. LOL

what do I win?? Lol..

Papaw

Never mind, Im an idiot,, LOL

didnt see the other posts after you told me it wasnt a balloon.. then i read the question again just now, and see atlantic is mentioned..

just shoot me now,, I will lay down peacefully.

Papaw

PawPaw,
That is what I get for not checking my message before I send it. I didn't mean to put in transcontinental.