Cheating TIME on the North Atlantic (Nov, 1928) Cheating TIME on
the North Atlantic Crossing the Atlantic in 60 hours is the feat
claimed possible by Remy, inventor of an ocean hydroglider!
Contrast this with methods of travel as developed in the last
two hundred years. SPEED! Speed!! Speed!! Ever since the
Pilgrims set foot on Plymouth Rock—ever since the days when
Virginia was first colonized, there has been the cry among
shippers for greater speed in crossing the stormy North
Atlantic! Ships have grown in size and have varied greatly in
type since Colonial days. From the ships of the Mayflower era
with their “record breaking” trips of 80 days, down to present
day liners and speedy aircraft, the one thought uppermost in the
minds of men has been the reduction of time consumed in crossing
the water barrier between the capitals of the old and New
Worlds. At present shipping men are fired with the dreams of
wealth which are sure to be showered upon the engineer who will
furnish the best and most reliable way o