Curated Itinerary

The Route of the Decennial Air Cruise — Orbetello, Chicago, New York (1933)

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Three surviving sites of the Atlantic formation flights of 1930–1933, from the Tuscan lagoon where the fleets trained and departed […]

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Three surviving sites of the Atlantic formation flights of 1930–1933, from the Tuscan lagoon where the fleets trained and departed to the contested Roman column on the Chicago lakefront and official Italy’s showcase on Fifth Avenue. Read the full story in the dedicated article The Atlantic Squadrons: Orbetello, Rio, Chicago and the Formation Flights of 1930–1933.

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