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First Crossing: The 1919 Trans-Atlantic Flight of Alcock and Brown

Robert O. Harder

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Description:Probably 100 out of 100 lay persons and 98 out of 100 aviators believe the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic was made by Charles Lindbergh’s New York to Paris flight in 1927. In fact, the deed was accomplished eight years earlier by two former Royal Air Force officers, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, when they flew their flimsy wood and fabric Vickers Vimy from St. Johns, Newfoundland to Cliveden, Ireland on June 14-15, 1919. Their largely forgotten story unfolds on two levels—an adventure tale that beggars belief it actually succeeded, blended with a lay history of early technological breakthroughs that brought about the modern aviation age. Ultimately, I wanted to explore what it was that possessed these two men to gamble their lives seemingly so recklessly on a venture most of that day considered suicidal. Readers will come away with a firmer understanding of how such a preposterous air journey managed to succeed and what it took to do it.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with First Crossing: The 1919 Trans-Atlantic Flight of Alcock and Brown. To get started finding First Crossing: The 1919 Trans-Atlantic Flight of Alcock and Brown, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Probably 100 out of 100 lay persons and 98 out of 100 aviators believe the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic was made by Charles Lindbergh’s New York to Paris flight in 1927. In fact, the deed was accomplished eight years earlier by two former Royal Air Force officers, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, when they flew their flimsy wood and fabric Vickers Vimy from St. Johns, Newfoundland to Cliveden, Ireland on June 14-15, 1919. Their largely forgotten story unfolds on two levels—an adventure tale that beggars belief it actually succeeded, blended with a lay history of early technological breakthroughs that brought about the modern aviation age. Ultimately, I wanted to explore what it was that possessed these two men to gamble their lives seemingly so recklessly on a venture most of that day considered suicidal. Readers will come away with a firmer understanding of how such a preposterous air journey managed to succeed and what it took to do it.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with First Crossing: The 1919 Trans-Atlantic Flight of Alcock and Brown. To get started finding First Crossing: The 1919 Trans-Atlantic Flight of Alcock and Brown, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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