Our Transatlantic Flight
Alcock, Sir John - Whitten Brown, Sir Arthur
"Now first published in volume form"
The best book about mans first nonstop airplane flight across the North Atlantic. Original story by Alcock & Brown compiled by the brother of Alcock, Captain John Alcock, a pilot with 24.500 flight hours.
The first to fly the Atlantic non-stop, John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown accomplished their historic flight fifty years ago in June, 1919, to win the .£10,000 offered by Lord Northcliffe six years before. Convinced by their experience in World War I, Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Whitten Brown were sure a British aircraft existed already capable of the long and hazardous flight: the Vickers Vimy biplane, powered by Rolls-Royce engines, triumphantly vindicated their belief.
Pioneers of a crossing which rapidly became one of the world's busiest air-routes, Our Transatlantic Flight tells in their own words how Alcock and Brown faced the difficulties and perils of their flight - a feat which was not to be repeated for eight years; a contemporary and authentic record of a great achievement.
Contents
Publishers note
Introduction by Captain John Alcock
PART I MY TRANSATLANTIC FLICHT - By Sir John Alcock
PART II FLYING THE ATLANTIC IN SIXTEEN HOURS - By Sir Arthur Whitten Brown
Introduction By Lord Northcliffe
FLYING THE ATLANTIC IN SIXTEEN HOURS
ST. JOHN'S
THE START
Evening
Night
Morning
The Arrival
Aftermath of arrival
The Navogation of the Aircraft
The Future of Transatlantic Flight
The Air Age
PART III AS IT SEEMED AFTERWARDS - By Captain John Alcock
PART IV EARLIER VENTURE
OUR ATLANTIC ATTEMPT
By H. G. Hawker
APPENDIX
- THE ROLLS-ROYCE ENGINE
Hardcover with dust jacket
195 Seiten / pages
many photos and maps
excellent condition
London - 1969 - William Kimber
Art.Nr. 919
