This Day in Aviation History

July 12th-14th, 1948
Six de Havilland Vampires of the No. 54 Squadron, RAF, make the first crossing of the Atlantic by jets.

Wikipedia, de Havilland Vampire:   http://bit.ly/1mCr4Sw

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