Starts westward Atlantic hop

The Imperial Airways Short Empire flying boat, Caledonia, lifts off from the water. It was on its way from the Shannon River Estuary near Foynes, Ireland, to Botwood, Newfoundland. A Pam American S-42 flying boat was making the flight in the opposite direction.

Publication date: 1937-07-06

Size: 10 x 5.9 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Shannon River Estuary (Ireland)

Subject(s):

• Empire (Seaplane)
• Imperial Airways--Equipment & supplies--1930-1940
• Short Brothers & Harland Limited--Products--1930-1940
• Caledonia (Seaplane)
• Seaplanes--British--Ireland--Shannon River Estuary--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Daily Tribune (July 6, 1937), Section Two/Finance/Commerce, p. 30

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Associated Press