Today in Transportation History, 1949: A U.S. Air Force Plane Completes a Record-Setting Flight Across the Atlantic. A new aviation record was established when a U.S. Air Force (USAF) C-74 Globemaster plane transporting 103 people landed at the Royal Air Force (RAF) station near the village of Marham, England. This 82-ton (74.4-metric ton) plane, which was known as the Champ and reached its destination approximately 23 hours after flying out of Mobile, Alabama (with a four-hour stopover in Newfoundland), became the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean while carrying more than 100 people. Read more: https://bit.ly/3CzIcrD #Transportation #History