Albert Cushing Read (29 March 1887 - 10 October 1967) was a United States aviator and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aviators are people who fly aircraft either for pleasure or for a job. ... The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...

Read was born in Lyme, New Hampshire into a Boston Brahmin family. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, graduating in the Class of 1907. In 1915, he was designated Naval Aviator No. 24. In 1919, Read commanded the NC-4 flying boat, the first aircraft to make a transatlantic flight. Lyme is a town located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. ... Boston Brahmins, or simply Brahmins—sometimes also called the First Families of Boston—are a blue-blooded class of New Englanders who claim hereditary or cultural descent from the Anglo-Saxon Protestants who founded the city of Boston, Massachusetts and originally settled New England. ... Teamwork: Fourth Class Midshipmen lock arms and use ropes made from uniform items as they brace themselves climbing the Herndon Monument The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps and is located in Annapolis, Maryland. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The NC-4 was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. ... Boeing 314 A flying boat is an aircraft that is designed to take off and land on water, in particular a type of seaplane which uses its fuselage as a floating hull (instead of pontoons mounted below the fuselage). ... An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ... TransAtlantic were a progressive rock supergroup formed in 2000 by vocalist/keyboardist Neal Morse of Spocks Beard and drummer Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater. ...

Read trained Naval Aviators through World War II. An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons—the atom bomb being the ultimate. ...

He died in retirement in Florida in 1967, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arlington Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Robert E. Lees home. ...

External links

• Albert Read on Arlington Cemetery site
• Albert C. Read and the NC-4 on early aviators site