Transatlantic flight | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-06-04

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_flight


00:01:02 1 History
00:02:16 1.1 First transatlantic flights
00:11:25 1.2 Commercial airship flights
00:13:49 1.3 Commercial aeroplane service attempts
00:24:07 1.4 Maturation
00:31:17 1.5 Present day
00:36:08 2 Transatlantic routes
00:39:07 2.1 Busiest transatlantic routes
00:39:27 3 Notable transatlantic flights and attempts
00:39:38 3.1 1910s
00:43:43 3.2 1920s
00:49:20 3.3 1930s
00:54:37 3.4 1940s
00:56:10 3.5 1950s
00:57:22 3.6 1970s
00:57:49 3.7 1980s
00:58:08 4 Other early transatlantic flights
01:01:47 5 Notable transatlantic flights of the 21st century
01:03:33 6 Failed transatlantic attempts of the 21st century
01:05:00 7 Records
01:05:44 8 See also



Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.

Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain

Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.

Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts
Speaking Rate: 0.8491521182732615
Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-D


"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think."
- Socrates


SUMMARY
=======
A transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, or the Middle East to North America, Central America, or South America, or vice versa. Such flights have been made by fixed-wing aircraft, airships, balloons, and other aircraft.
Early aircraft engines did not have the reliability needed for the crossing, nor the power to lift the required fuel. There are difficulties navigating over featureless expanses of water for thousands of miles, and the weather, especially in the North Atlantic, is unpredictable. Since the middle of the 20th century, however, transatlantic flight has become routine, for commercial, military, diplomatic, and other purposes. Experimental flights (in balloons, small aircraft, etc.) present challenges for transatlantic fliers.