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James Michael Christopher Fitzmaurice DFC (6 January 1898 – 26 September 1965) was an Irish aviation pioneer. He was a member of the crew of the Bremen, which made the first successful trans-Atlantic aircraft flight from East to West on 12–13 April 1928.
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6 de ene. de 2023 · James Fitzmaurice was born on January 6, 1898, in Dublin, Ireland. Fitzmaurice was an accomplished military serviceman, but he is best known for being one of a three-member crew that completed the first successful east-west transatlantic flight. His story is characterized by tenacity and determination to achieve the impossible.
6 de ene. de 2024 · Dublin-born James Fitzmaurice became the aviation pioneer remembered for being the first pilot to fly transatlantic from east to west.
James fitz Maurice FitzGerald (died 1579), called " fitz Maurice ", was a native Irish and Anglo-Norman captain-general of Desmond while Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond, was detained in England by Queen Elizabeth after the Battle of Affane in 1565. He led the first Desmond Rebellion in 1569 and was sometimes called the ...
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Col. James Fitzmaurice—Ireland’s greatest aviator. Published in 20th-century / Contemporary History, Features, Issue 2 (March/April 2019), Volume 27. The Irishman who made the first successful east–west flight across the Atlantic in April 1928. By Teddy Fennelly. The First World War hastened the advancement of aircraft technology.
20 de jun. de 2019 · Col. James Fitzmaurice. Fitzmaurice tried to organise an all-Irish attempt. He eyed out a Martinsyde Type A Mark 1, the first aircraft purchased by the Air Corps, as a suitable machine. This was later christened the Big Fella, because of its connection with Michael Collins.
26 de sept. de 2016 · ON this day in 1965, the Irish aviation pioneer James Fitzmaurice died after a remarkable 67-year life. Fitzmaurice fought in World War One during the Battle of the Somme, before training to be a fighter pilot and eventually achieving an aviation first. Here are five facts about the flying Irishman: 1.
