Stephen Darius - Stanley Girenas,1933 Lithuanian Transatlantic Flight, in the film 'The Flight Over The Atlantic'. Song by Vytautas Kernagis. Darius and Girenas planned flight from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania in their plane 'Lituanica' (a Bellanca) They crashed under mysterious circumstances less than 400 miles from their Kaunas destination .
Although Darius and Girenas did not have navigational equipment and flew under unfavorable weather conditions, the flight was one of the most precise in aviation history. It equaled, and in some aspects surpassed, Charles Lindbergh's classic flight. Lituanica also carried the first Transatlantic air mail consignment in history.
http://www.thelithuanians.com/
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
The Lithuanians: Darius - Girenas Transatlantic Flight
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