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Flying Back in Time on the First Civilian Passenger Airplane

Ride along on a Microsoft Flight Simulator journey in a Farman F.60 Goliath on its historic 1919 route from Paris to London.

Farman F.60 Goliath [Courtesy: National Archives]
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Key Takeaways:

Believe it or not, the inaugural flight of a bomber-turned-airliner first introduced the world to commercial aviation.

Today in Microsoft Flight Simulator, I’ll be flying the Farman F.60 Goliath, the world’s first civilian passenger airplane, on its historic route from Paris to London. And to tell this story, I’m using a mod that recreates the two airports, Le Bourget and Croydon, as they looked in the 1930s. 

Patrick Chovanec

Patrick Chovanec works as an economist in New York City, and has taught as a professor at China's Tsinghua University and at Columbia University. He is a private pilot, and author of the recently released book ""Cleared for the Option: A Year Learning to Fly.""

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