After several failed attempts, in 1930 the first aeroplane reached Bermuda. A Stinson Detroiter seaplane flying from New York, it had to land twice in the ocean: once because of darkness and again to refuel. Navigation and weather forecasting improved in 1933 when the Royal Air Force (then responsible for providing equipment and personnel for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm) established a station at the Royal Naval Dockyard to repair (and supply replacement) float planes for the fleet. In 1936 Luft Hansa began to experiment with seaplane flights from Berlin via the Azores with continuation to New York City. COUNT 4
QSN1 When did the first aeroplane reach Bermuda? ANS1 1930 QSN2 Why did the plane have to land twice before reaching Bermuda? ANS2 once because of darkness and again to refuel QSN3 What improved thanks to the Royal Air Force in 1933? ANS3 Navigation and weather forecasting QSN4 Who began experimenting with flights from Berlin to New York, stopping in the azores? ANS4 Luft Hansa