Second Atlantic Cruise

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Second Atlantic Cruise is the alternate name for the 1933 Chicago flight, a notable early transatlantic aviation journey.

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Second Atlantic Cruise canonical 1

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instanceOf transatlantic flight
aircraftType Savoia-Marchetti S.55X
airForceBranch Italian Royal Air Force
linked to: Regia Aeronautica
alsoKnownAs Crociera Aerea del Decennale
alternateName 1933 Chicago flight
arrivalCityInUS Chicago
New York City
arrivalCountry United States
commander Italo Balbo
commemoratedBy Balbo Monument in Chicago
continentCrossed Atlantic Ocean
countryOfOrigin Italy
crewCountPerAircraft 2
departureCountry Italy
destinationEvent Century of Progress International Exposition
endDate 1933-08-12
endLocation Chicago
New York City
flightLeaderAircraft Savoia-Marchetti S.55X I-BALB
flightPurpose demonstration of long-distance formation flying
goodwill mission to the United States
promotion of Italian aviation
hasPart individual Savoia-Marchetti S.55X flights
historicalPeriod interwar period
languageOfAlternateName Italian
notableCommanderRank Air Marshal
notableFor early mass transatlantic formation flight
record-setting seaplane formation crossing the Atlantic
numberOfAircraft 24
operator Regia Aeronautica
organizedBy Italian government
linked to: Government of Italy
politicalContext Fascist Italy propaganda effort
precededBy First Atlantic Cruise
routeStop Amsterdam
Cartwright
Chicago
Derry
Montreal
New York City
Reykjavík
linked to: Reykjavík, Iceland

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safetyRecord completed without loss of life
startDate 1933-06-30
startLocation Orbetello
totalDistance approximately 19,000 km
transportMode seaplane formation
year 1933

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Chicago flight of 1933 alsoKnownAs Second Atlantic Cruise