La Crociera Aerea del Decennale

Balbo's North Atlantic Flight in 1933

Forward flight 1 - Orbetello - Amsterdam 2 - Amsterdam - Londonderry 3 - Londonderry - Reykjavik 4 - Reykjavik - Cartwright 5 - Cartwright - Shediac 6 - Shediac – Montreal 7 - Montreal - Chicago 8 - Chicago - New York Return flight 9 - New York – Shediac 10 - Shediac - Shoal Harbour 11 - Shoal Harbour - Azzorre 12 - Azzorre – Lisbona 13 - Lisbona - Roma Return to Orbetello Roma - Orbetello For greater understanding Introduction Q code CW abbreviations Air-Naval station codes Logbook notes		The logbook of North American Balbo's Flight The marconists used the station notebook to record all the messages sent and received by their telegraph. They carefully recorded the day, the time, the devices from which messages were exchanged. To optimize the times they used the Q code and the CW abbreviations, that is, coded words. Below are two examples of telegrams that were received by the marconist and recorded in the logbook, click to enlarge. From the station logbook of the I-RECA seaplane, 1° Av. R.T Francesco Chiaramonte. Click on the side for the translation of each single stage, click on the images below to enlarge them.