The NC-4 is a Curtiss NC flying boat that was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, albeit not non-stop. The NC designation was derived from the collaborative efforts of the Navy and Cu
The NC-4 after her return to the United States in 1919
Crews of the NC-4, NC-3 and NC-1 immediately before the departure of the first transatlantic flight
US Navy warships "strung out like a string of pearls" along the NCs' flightpath (3rd leg)
The crew of the NC-4, posing before Howard was replaced. Left to right: Read, Stone, Hinton, Rodd, Howard, Breese.
Elmer "Archie" Fowler Stone was a United States naval aviator and a commander in the United States Coast Guard.
Commander Elmer Fowler Stone