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Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours: the First Non-Stop Trans-Atlantic Flight, 1919 by One of the Aviators

by Arthur Whitten Brown
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781782829348
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Leonaur Ltd
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 124
  • Original Price: USD 28.73
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 295 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Aviation / History

First to fly the Atlantic-the navigator's story in his own words


Brown was a Scottish aviator, born in Glasgow in 1886. Although he was initially commissioned in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War, he subsequently transferred to 2 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps as an observer. He was shot down twice in action eventually being captured by the Germans. After the war his association with the Vickers company resulted in the proposal that he should become navigator for the pilot, John Alcock in an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean non-stop, flying in a modified Vickers Vimy heavy bomber. In June, 1919, the pair took off from Newfoundland and, after a world first flight of 1,980 miles in 16 hours & 12 minutes, they landed safely in an Irish bog. Brown and Alcock were both knighted by King George V for their achievement. This book, written by Brown chronicles that extraordinary adventure.

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