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Vimy Heads Atlantic Flight On Loxodrome Route To Galway Bay
Alcock and Brown embark in the Vimy from Newfoundland seeking a transatlantic crossing to Ireland. They choose the Loxodrome or Rhomb line course from St John’s to Galway Bay, 1 680 nautical miles, aiming for a safe Irish coast landing rather than a direct England crossing.
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Brown
St. John’s
Galway Bay
Newfoundland
Azores
New World
Alcock
Harry G. Hawker
Mackenzie Grieve
Hawker
Grieve
Marconi
Atlantic
Vimy
Minia
Lord Kelvin
Faraday
Mackey-Hennett
Ireland
England
Britain
United States
Royal Air Force
Lucky Jim
Twinkletoe
Vickers-Vimy
Vickers
Mid Ocean
United States Navy
Navy
London
New York
Washington
Greenwich
Laurence I. Clements
Royal Aero Club
St. John's
Clifden
Irish
Mercator
North Atlantic
Sopwith
Martinsyde
Unitas
Hantley-Page
Coast Line
Brooklands Airdrome
Handley-Page
Ita
John Alcock
Arthur W. Brown
London Daily Mail