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First non-stop Atlantic flight pioneers marked 50-year milestone
A brief glance recalls Alcock and Brown’s 1919 non-stop crossing from Newfoundland to Ireland in 16 hours aboard the Vickers Vimy, with Arthur Whitten Brown and John Alcock hailed by King George V, knighthoods, and a £10,000 prize, while WWI accelerated aviation progress and later feats like Lindbergh’s 1927 Spirit of St. Louis followed.
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U.S. Navy
Swith
Cmdr
Albert C. Read
Rockaway
Newfoundland
Azores
Lisbon
Portugal
Plymouth
England
Alcock
Brown
St. John’s
Clifden
Ireland
Lieut
Rolly Royce
Ueir Radio
Kidle
mid-Atlantic
Arthur Whitten Brown
Glasgow
Manchester
Atlantic
King George V
Lindon Daily Mail
John Alcock
Arthur Brown
Charles A. Lindbergh