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The "Raymor" was the Aircraft
in which Major F.P. Raynam and Major C.W.F. Morgan hoped to be
the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a heavier-than-air machine.
All three arrived from England by ship at St. John's, Newfoundland
on 11 April, 1919 and they twice crashed on take-off (18 May
and 17 July) while making their attempted flight. The "Raymor" was
essentially a Martinsyde Type A modified to a trans-atlantic
machine by being fitted with petrol tanks up to the limit of
the machine's carrying capacity. As a commercial machine, with
fuel for seven hours' flight, almost half (2,000 pounds) of the
total loaded weight of the machine (4,600 pounds) was given over
to cargo capacity. The photo displays the "Raymor" undergoing
fuelling operations prior to flight.
CF Photo
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