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Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours With a Discussion of Aircraft in Commerce and Transportation

Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours With a Discussion of Aircraft in Commerce and Transportation

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FLYING THE ATLANTIC IN SIXTEEN HOURS

Capt. Sir Arthur Whitten Brown

CAPT. SIR ARTHUR WHITTEN BROWN, K.B.E.

FLYING
THE ATLANTIC IN
SIXTEEN HOURS

WITH A DISCUSSION OF AIRCRAFT IN
COMMERCE AND TRANSPORTATION

BY
SIR ARTHUR WHITTEN BROWN, K.B.E.

ASSISTED BY
CAPTAIN ALAN BOTT, R.F.C.

WITH TWENTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

title illustration



NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1920, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company


All rights reserved, including that of translation
into foreign languages.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I Some Preliminary Events 1
II St. John's 15
III The Start 32
IV Evening 47
V Night 55
VI Morning 65
VII The Arrival 75
VIII Aftermath of Arrival 84
IX The Navigation of Aircraft 93
X The Future of Transatlantic Flight 108
XI. The Air Age 136

ILLUSTRATIONS

"'Capt. Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, K.B.E. ,'" Frontispiece
FACING
PAGE
"The Late Capt. Sir John Alcock, K.B.E., D.S.C." 14
"Feathering the Wings—Setting Up the Flier at
St. John's, N.F. "		 30
"The Last Touches—Adjusting the Bracing Wires" 30
"It Was Hard to Find an Aërodrome with Sufficient
"Take Off""		 44
"Sightseers, If Left to Themselves, Would Have
Wrecked the Machine"		 44
"The Transatlantic Machine—A Vickers-Vimy
With Rolls-Royce Engines"		 56
"A Special Kind of Gasoline Had to Be Used" 70
"All Aboard for the First Trial Flight" 70
"The Vickers-Vimy Transatlantic Machine in the
Air"		 84
"The Last Square Meal in

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