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Statue of Alcock and Brown at London Heathrow Airport (now located at Brooklands Museum) John Alcock and Arthur Brown were British aviators who, in 1919, made the first non-stop transatlantic flight. [1] They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy [2] bomber from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland. [3]
Transatlantic flight. A transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East to North America, Latin America, or vice versa. Such flights have been made by fixed-wing aircraft, airships, balloons and other aircraft.
The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft developed and manufactured by Vickers Limited. Developed during the latter stages of the First World War to equip the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the Vimy was designed by Rex Pierson, Vickers' chief designer. Only a handful of Vickers Vimy aircraft had entered service by the time the Armistice ...
Captain Sir John William Alcock KBE DSC (5 November 1892 – 19 December 1919) [1] was a British Royal Navy and later Royal Air Force officer who, with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland in June 1919. He died in a flying accident in France ...
Echoing Google’s earlier move to place ads at the top of search results, selling prime digital real estate, the company announced on Tuesday that it will begin placing ads in a section labeled ...
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator and military officer. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for 33.5 hours. His aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis, was designed and built by the Ryan Airline ...
Due to the controversial nature of his act, [citation needed] Brown's shows are rarely seen on television, however, a programme called Roy Chubby Brown: Britain's Rudest Comedian was broadcast on Channel 4 in May 2007. Brown appeared in Series 2 of The League of Gentlemen as Larry Vaughn, mayor of the fictional town of Royston Vasey. The town's ...
The clutch 3-pointer was one of several from Haliburton, who shot 6 of 14 from long distance while tallying 25 points, 10 assists and three steals. He hit another early in the third quarter to ...