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Yesterday We Were in America: Alcock and Brown - First to Fly the Atlantic Non-Stop
Yesterday We Were in America Alcock and Brown - First to Fly the Atlantic Non-Stop
Author: Brendan Lynch
On 14 June 1919 John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown took off from Newfoundland in their open-cockpit Vickers Vimy converted bomber to attempt a non-stop crossing of the Atlantic. Some 16 hours later they landed at Derrygimla in Connemara, Ireland, to become national heroes. Navigating blind for most of the way, they had flown almost 1,900 miles...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781844256815
ISBN-10: 1844256812
Publication Date: 11/1/2009
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Haynes Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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