1.   Arguments took place between a pilot and a dispatcher about how much fuel to load for an ocean crossing.

2.   Currently, radio data messages from pilots are the only tool controllers can use to estimate plane positions on ocean crossings.

3.   He had a nice suntan, and so did Capt. Walker, from a pleasant ocean crossing on an open deck that was off-limits to the rest of us.

4.   Historically, twin-engine jets have been required to prove their reliability on short routes for two years before qualifying for ocean crossings.

5.   Hundreds have braved ocean crossings in rusty fishing boats.

6.   In those days, the incubation periods of most infections were longer than the ocean crossings aboard ships and thus illnesses could be detected en route.

7.   It was his fourth single-handed ocean crossing, all of them originating from Redondo Beach.

8.   She still remembers how on her first ocean crossing she marveled at the stars and played her guitar.

9.   The boat had seemed such a perfect choice -- well suited to ocean crossings.

10.   The Mauretania beat the record of the Lusitania for fastest ocean crossing.