title	Uni: The Navy-Curtiss NC-4 Trans-Atlantic Flight, Plymouth Sound - 31st May 1986
intro	A pair of Consolidated PBY-6A "Catalina" flying boats - including C-FOWE, registered to Robert Franks - land in Plymouth Sound to celebrate the 67th anniversary of the Curtiss NC-4 flight in 1919 - the first trans-atlantic flight, albeit with stops on the way - and also the 75th anniversary of US Naval aviation. The original NC-4 flight plan called for a first leg of 864km (540 miles) from the U.S. Naval Air Station at Rockaway Beach, New York, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and then 736km (460 miles) to Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland. The third (long) leg of the flight, from Newfoundland to the Azores, was 2,080km (1,300 miles). The fourth leg, 1,280 km (800 miles) to Lisbon, and the last, 1,240 km (775 miles) to Plymouth, brought the total distance to 6,200 km (3,875 miles) [source: National Air and Space Museum]. The plane suffered some damage when it collided with some buoys in the Sound, but was repaired and flown back to Canada. Later, there's a Plymouth Sound Radio outside broadcast near the Armada Centre, as part of its grand opening.
scan-111216-0002	Andy Bray hangs around with Nosher
scan-111216-0010	The PBY does a pass over Drake's Island
scan-111216-0011	The Catalina flying boat does a close pass
scan-111216a-0002	Catalina C-FOWE - flies over
scan-111216-0007	The Catalina lines up to land in Plymouth Sound
scan-111216-0008	Touchdown on the water
scan-111216-0017	Canoeists float around, watching
scan-111216-0013	The flying boat comes to a halt
scan-111216-0040	The crew is collected from the floating Catalina
scan-111216-0039	Crowds wait on the Mayflower Steps, whilst the band plays
scan-111216-0035	The barge pulls up to the steps
scan-111216-0034	The Mayor mounts the Mayflower Steps
scan-111216-0042	The mayoral Rolls-Royce
scan-111216-0033	The second Catalina bobs around
scan-111216-0046	A RIB buzzes by the racing catamaran "Anne Claire"
scan-111216-0014	A racing catamaran: Optique Baumont
scan-111216-0047	Pink buoys around the Yacht Marina
scan-111216-0022	A tramp sleeps on the grass in Beaumont Park
scan-111216-0024	A tramp sleeps by a park bench
scan-111216-0023	Kids play footie in the park
scan-111216-0025	A "261 Plymouth Sound" DJ talks to the crowd
scan-111216-0026	The Armada Centre with a Cokin starburst filter
scan-111216-0027	Crowds in the newly-opened Armada Centre
scan-111216-0030	A band plays at the Plymouth Sound roadshow
scan-111216-0031	Plymouth Sound Radio is broadcasting live
scan-111216-0032	People watch as a band plays live on air
scan-111216-0021	The obsession with the Cromwell Road view
scan-111216-0028	A ball of bath foam is held up to the light