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[[News article]] NOW IT'S HISTORY The First Scheduled Transatlantic Flight [[image: news paper picture of aircraft flying over water with ship underneath]] [[/news article]] [[news article]] (Foto taken from NEWS plane by Costa: Krantz, pilot) PREMIERE First paying passenger flight to Europe was recorded yesterday when the Pan American Airways' Dixie Clipper took off from Port Washington, L. I., bound for Marseille, France. Airview above shows mammoth ship shortly after takeoff. [[/news article]] {{image: picture of Aircraft resting on water next to pier]] [[image: newspaper picture of Aircraft taking off on water with water-wake behind]] [[caption on picture]] Take-Off on First Regular Trans-Atlantic Passenger Service [[/caption on picture]]
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