{"id":21733,"date":"2026-02-14T12:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/limakthermal.com\/the-hotel-where-pilots-crossing-the-atlantic-stayed-the-historical-story-of-limak-yalova-thermal-boutique-hotel\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T12:33:38","slug":"the-hotel-where-pilots-crossing-the-atlantic-stayed-the-historical-story-of-limak-yalova-thermal-boutique-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/limakthermal.com\/en\/the-hotel-where-pilots-crossing-the-atlantic-stayed-the-historical-story-of-limak-yalova-thermal-boutique-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Hotel Where Pilots Crossing the Atlantic Stayed: The Historical Story of Limak Yalova Thermal Boutique Hotel&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"79\">Sometimes the sky is not worth the fate of a country; it comes through the door of a hotel.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"441\">In the summer of 1931, two daring pilots took off from New York &#8211; <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Johnnie Polando<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Russell Boardman<\/span><\/span> &#8211; After a 49-hour non-stop flight, they landed in Istanbul and wrote their names in the history of world aviation. This flight with the Bellanca Skyrocket, which they named &#8220;Cape Cod&#8221;, was the longest distance record of that period. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"441\"><img data-dominant-color=\"cdcdcd\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #cdcdcd;\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21718 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/limakthermal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7_42Polando-002.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/limakthermal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7_42Polando-002.avif 800w, https:\/\/limakthermal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7_42Polando-002-300x188.avif 300w, https:\/\/limakthermal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7_42Polando-002-768x480.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"636\">However, this story has a little known, elegant detail: The building where they stayed in Yalova during their visit to Turkey welcomes its guests today under the name <strong data-start=\"563\" data-end=\"602\">Limak Yalova Thermal Boutique Hotel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"1039\">Imagine&#8230; After a flight across the Atlantic, almost out of fuel, the two pilots who made history are resting in Yalova, which has been healing for centuries with its thermal waters. Yalova was also a popular destination for dignitaries and distinguished guests in those years. Here the Prime Minister <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">\u0130smet \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc<\/span><\/span> and then they were welcomed by the President of the Republic. <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk<\/span><\/span> with the police.  <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"1039\"><img data-dominant-color=\"494030\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #494030;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21714 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/limakthermal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7_42HAVA29-002.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/limakthermal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7_42HAVA29-002.avif 800w, https:\/\/limakthermal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7_42HAVA29-002-300x215.avif 300w, https:\/\/limakthermal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7_42HAVA29-002-768x550.avif 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1309\">This meeting was not just a diplomatic courtesy. As Atat\u00fcrk emphasized in his speeches, this flight was a symbol of scientific courage, human will and friendship between nations. An airplane that united continents was in fact bringing hearts closer together.  <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1311\" data-end=\"1728\">Today, a guest staying at Limak Yalova Thermal Boutique Hotel is not only having a thermal vacation. He is also passing through history. Perhaps walking through the lobby, perhaps relaxing in the warm water of the thermal pool, it is possible to imagine the young pilots who were hosted here in the summer of 1931. Two aviators trying to relieve the fatigue in their muscles after a long flight&#8230; The quiet pride of having broken the world&#8217;s longest flight record&#8230;   <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1730\" data-end=\"1965\">Hotels are not just places of accommodation; they are structures that store memories. Walls do not speak, but time accumulates. Limak Yalova Thermal Boutique Hotel is one of the rare places that witnessed an important moment in aviation history.  <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1967\" data-end=\"2106\">To stay here today is to experience not only the healing of thermal water, but also the traces of courage, vision and international friendship.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2108\" data-end=\"2193\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Those who crossed the sky rested here.<br data-start=\"2142\" data-end=\"2145\">Now it is your turn to be part of that story.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"587\"><a href=\"https:\/\/limakthermal.com\/en\/new-york-istanbul-flight-in-1931-cape-cod-and-the-historical-record\/\">Courage Across the Atlantic: The Story of the Long-Distance Flight Record<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the sky is not worth the fate of a country; it comes through the door of a hotel. 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