Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours
the First Non-Stop Trans-Atlantic Flight, 1919 by One of the Aviators
First to fly the Atlantic-the navigator's story in his own wordsBrown 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 Newfoun…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78282-935-5
- EAN: 9781782829355
- Produktnummer: 36582736
- Verlag: Leonaur
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 124 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D0.7 cm 167 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 167
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