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Encyclopedia > Maiden voyage

The maiden voyage of a ship or aircraft is the first cruise or flight in revenue service, typically following a series of "shakedown" cruises or test-flights. Notable maiden voyages ending in disaster include that of the RMS Titanic. Italian barque Amerigo Vespucci in New York harbor, 1976. ... An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ... The New York Herald reports the disaster. ...


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Olympic and Titanic : Maiden Voyage Mysteries : ET Research (2007) by Mark Chirnside and Sam Halpern - 29 April 2007 (5435 words)
At the end of the voyage, Bruce Ismay was greatly pleased with Olympic and her performance, as well as the satisfaction she had given to her passengers.
As we shall soon see, the position and times of the Titanic along the route of travel of her maiden voyage were not too different from the positions and times of the Olympic for her second transatlantic crossing.
This is clearly at variance with all known evidence regarding the increase in revolutions that was occurring during the course of the voyage, and the independent observations of several passengers of increased engine vibrations noticed that Sunday night.
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