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Description
Characteristics
| Book cover finish | Canvas finish, BRADEL, Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Special features | First edition, Slightly damaged dust jacket |
| Condition | Acceptable |
| Number of pages | 195 |
| Published date | 1969 |
| Languages | English |
| Size | 16 x 25 x 3 cm |
| Author | Sir John Alcock and Sir Arthur Whitten Brown |
| Editor | William Kimber and Co. Limited |
What's this all about?
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 the First World War, 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.
* 1969.
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