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First Crossing The 1919 Trans-Atlantic Robert O Harder Paperback

Description: Title: First Crossing: The 1919 Trans-Atlantic Flight of Alcock and Brown Author: Harder, Robert O. Publisher: Sunbury Press, Inc. Binding: Paperback Pages: 240 Dimensions: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d Product Weight: 0.79 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9781620068762 The first to cross the Atlantic non-stop wasn't Charles Lindbergh, but two long-forgotten British airmen. This is their story. On June 14-15, 1919, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown flew their flimsy wood and fabric modified Vickers Vimy bomber from St. Johns, Newfoundland to Cliveden, Ireland-eight years before Lindbergh's epic New York to Paris flight. Alcock & Brown's story unfolds on two levels-an action/adventure tale that reads more like fiction blended with a lay history of early technological breakthroughs that brought about the modern aviation age. In First Crossing, we follow the two Royal Air Force officers from their separate upbringings in Manchester, England through terrifying Great War aerial combat. Both would be shot down and become prisoners of war. While incarcerated, both independently dreamed and schemed of a way to win Lord Northcliffe's 10,000 prize for the first non-stop Trans-Atlantic crossing. At war's end, in an incredible moment of serendipity, they chanced to meet for the first time at Vickers Aviation near London and discovered their mutual interest in the race. Alcock needed an over-ocean navigator; Brown needed a pilot-what proved to be an ideal marriage. Through a combination of luck and their competitor's bad fortune, Alcock and Brown launched themselves into aviation immortality.   Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer

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Book Title: First Crossing : the 1919 Trans-Atlantic Flight of Alcock and Brown

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Sunbury Press, Inc.

Item Height: 1 in

Topic: General, World

Publication Year: 2022

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Transportation, History

Item Weight: 16 Oz

Author: Robert Harder

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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