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Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours / With a Discussion of Aircraft in Commerce and Transportation

by Arthur Whitten Brown

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Alcock, Brown and the first non-stop transatlantic flight.June 1919Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland.16 hours of dreadful weather conditions, a broken antenna, and engine trouble.1,880 miles across the vast and unforgiving Atlantic Ocean and a mere 16 years after the Wright brothers had made the first ever flight in a powered aeroplane, which had covered just 36 meters in 12 seconds.In 1913, when the Daily Mail first offered a prize of £10,000 for the first non-stop transatlantic flight, success was unimaginable. However, after the incredible developments in aviation brought about by the First ...

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