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Horta

City in Faial Island, PortugalWikipedia

Search complete. 23 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Horta".

Oct 11, 2026

The Hangar with Taildragger - Radio Hangar

The Hangar with Taildragger - Radio Hangar

The Curtiss NC Four, the Flying Boat That Crossed the Atlantic Eight Years Before Lindbergh, and the Forgotten Giant at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola

Oct 11 · 1 Mention

Tail DraggerHOST
7:10
NC-4 meanwhile was still in the air.
Tail DraggerHOST
7:12
Putty Reed and his crew navigated through the deteriorating conditions and arrived at Horta in the Azores on May 17, 1919.
Tail DraggerHOST
7:19
The only one of the three to arrive in the air, the way it was supposed to happen.
Tail DraggerHOST
7:23
They refueled, they rested, and they pressed on.

Unknown podcast

Sailing Alone Around The World-Joshua Slocum

Oct 10 · 7 Mentions

speaker_1UNKNOWN
54:02
The mother country does not even allow them a port of entry for a foreign mail service.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
54:09
A packet passing never so close with mails for Horta must deliver them first in Lisbon, ostensibly to be fumigated, but really for the tariff from the packet.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
54:22
My own letters posted at Horta reached the United States six days behind my letter from Gibraltar, mailed thirteen days later.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
54:34
The day after my arrival at Horta was the feast of a great saint.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
54:39
Boats loaded with people came from other islands to celebrate at Horta the capital, or Jerusalem of the Azores.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
54:47
The deck of the spray was crowded from morning till night with men, women, and children.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
54:54
On the day after the feast, a kind-hearted native harnessed a team and drove me a day over the beautiful roads all about Vale.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
57:44
www.sevenoaksprep.kent.sch.uk Chapter 4 of Sailing Alone Around the World This is a LibriVox recording.
The Explorers Podcast

The Explorers Podcast

Walter Raleigh - Part 5 - The sacking of Cadiz - and two more Spanish Armadas

Sep 29 · 5 Mentions

Top 30%
Matt BreenHOST
22:43
The squadrons of Raleigh and Essex headed to Thale, the westernmost island of the Azores.
Matt BreenHOST
22:48
The plan was to attack the town of Horta, the largest settlement on the island.
Matt BreenHOST
22:52
And so Essex gave orders to head to Horta.
Matt BreenHOST
22:54
But Raleigh received permission to delay his departure for a day as he needed to gather water on the other side of the island.
Matt BreenHOST
23:00
No problem, said Essex.
Matt BreenHOST
23:02
See you tomorrow.
Matt BreenHOST
23:03
Well, Raleigh got his water and then headed to Horta.
Matt BreenHOST
23:05
However, to his surprise, Essex was not there.

Unknown podcast

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 105-Various

Sep 27 · 5 Mentions

speaker_3NARRATOR
47:59
There was sufficient oil and gas left to make Ponta Delgada.
speaker_3NARRATOR
48:04
Why stop at Horta, then? Their jubilation was brief.
speaker_3NARRATOR
48:09
Dense fog closed in again.
speaker_3NARRATOR
48:11
They missed destroyer number 23.
speaker_3NARRATOR
48:16
Any port would look good.
speaker_3NARRATOR
48:18
They had begun calculations as to the course necessary to find land when a hole in the fog disclosed the northern sweep of Faial Island.
speaker_3NARRATOR
48:28
Horta, to the south, must be just around an aerial corner.
speaker_3NARRATOR
48:34
The plane flew down the coast and, pitching through rough air which tumbled down from a mountain, made a landing in what they hoped was Horta Harbor.

Unknown podcast

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 105-Various

Sep 18 · 5 Mentions

speaker_7NARRATOR
49:30
There was sufficient oil and gas left to make Ponta Delgada.
speaker_7NARRATOR
49:35
Why stop at Horta, then? Their jubilation was brief.
speaker_7NARRATOR
49:39
Dense fog closed in again.
speaker_7NARRATOR
49:41
They missed destroyer number twenty-three.
speaker_7NARRATOR
49:47
Any port would look good.
speaker_7NARRATOR
49:49
They had begun calculations as to the course necessary to find land when a hole in the fog disclosed the northern sweep of Fayal Island.
speaker_7NARRATOR
49:59
Horta, to the south, must be just around an aerial corner.
speaker_7NARRATOR
50:04
The plane flew down the coast and, pitching through rough air which tumbled down from a mountain, made a landing in what they hoped was Horta Harbor.

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