Statue of Alcock and Brown at London Heathrow Airport.

British aviators Alcock and Brown (Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown) made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in June 1919. One month earlier, the first flight across the Atlantic was made by the NC-4, a United States Navy flying boat; however, the flight took over 19 days, with multiple stops along the way. Download high resolution version (750x1086, 113 KB)Statue of Alcock and Brown at London (Heathrow) Airport, August 2004. ... Download high resolution version (750x1086, 113 KB)Statue of Alcock and Brown at London (Heathrow) Airport, August 2004. ... London Heathrow Airport (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL), often referred to as Heathrow, is the busiest airport in the world based on international passenger transfers. ... Sir John William Alcock (November 5, 1892 – 18 December 1919) was a Captain in the Royal Air Force who, together with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight from St. ... Sir Arthur Whitten Brown (July 23, 1886 - October 4, 1948) was, as a Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force together with Captain John Alcock, the navigator of the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight, from St Johns, Newfoundland to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland which took place on 14 June 1919... The NC-4 was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. ... USN redirects here. ... Boeing 314 A flying boat is an aircraft that is designed to take off and land on water, in particular a type of seaplane which uses its fuselage as a floating hull (instead of pontoons mounted below the fuselage). ...

Alcock

John Alcock was born in 1892 at Seymour, Old Trafford, England. He first became interested in flying at the age of seventeen and became an experienced pilot during World War I, though he was shot down during a bombing raid, and taken prisoner in Turkey. After the war, Alcock wanted to continue his flying career and took up the challenge of attempting to be the first to fly directly across the Atlantic. Alcock was the pilot for the Atlantic flight. Alcock was killed on December 18, 1919 whilst flying the new Vickers Vimi amphibian to the Paris airshow when its wing struck a tree at Cote d'Everard, near Rouen, Normandy after stalling in fog. Sir John William Alcock (November 5, 1892 – 18 December 1919) was a Captain in the Royal Air Force who, together with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight from St. ... Old Trafford is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz... In the Gregorian Calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), at which point there will be 13 days remaining to the end of the year. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Rouen Cathedral The entrance to Rouen Cathedral Abbey church of Saint-Ouen, (chevet) in Rouen Rouen, medieval house Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and presently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. ... Flag of Normandy Normandy (in French: Normandie, and in Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region in northern France. ...

Alcock and Brown at Lester's Field in St. John's, Newfoundland, 1919.

Download high resolution version (1000x535, 253 KB)Alcock and Brown and spectators in St. ... Download high resolution version (1000x535, 253 KB)Alcock and Brown and spectators in St. ...

Brown

Arthur Whitten Brown was born in Glasgow in 1886. He began his career in engineering before the outbreak of the First World War. Brown also became a prisoner of war, after being shot down over Germany. Once released and back in Britain, Brown continued to develop his aerial navigation skills. While visiting the engineering firm of Vickers he was asked to serve as navigator for the proposed transatlantic flight with John Alcock, who had already been chosen as pilot. Brown lived until October 4, 1948. He never flew again. Sir Arthur Whitten Brown (July 23, 1886 - October 4, 1948) was, as a Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force together with Captain John Alcock, the navigator of the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight, from St Johns, Newfoundland to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland which took place on 14 June 1919... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

Flight

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They flew a modified Vickers Vimy IV twin-engined bomber powered by two Rolls-Royce Eagle engines, each of 360hp, taking off off from Lester's Field in St. John's, Newfoundland in the late afternoon of June 14, 1919. The aircraft crash landed (53°26′N 10°01′W) in a bog near Clifden in Connemara, Ireland, at 8:40am on June 15, 1919, crossing the coast at 4.28pm. They flew 1890 miles (3040 km) in 15 hours 57 minutes, at an average speed of 118 mph (190 km/h), the altitude varying between sea level and 12,000 ft (3,700 m), 865 gallons (3,900 L - assuming imperial gallons) of fuel were on board. The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft of the World War I era. ... The Rolls-Royce Eagle V12 was a 12 cylinder 60 degree V12 aero engine of 20 Liters capacity. ... Nickname: The City of Legends Motto: Avancez (Go forward) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Newfoundland and Labrador Established August 5, 1583 by Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I City Mayor Andy Wells Governing body St. ... Newfoundland —   (stress on final syllable; for mispronunciations, see Newfoundland travel guide from Wikitravel)— (French: , Irish: ) is a large island off the east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... View of Clifden from Church Hill Clifden (in Irish, An Clochán meaning bee-hive cell) is a town on the coast of County Galway, Ireland. ... Connemara (Irish Conamara), which derives from Conmhaicne Mara (meaning: descendants of Con Mhac, of the sea), is a district in the west of Ireland (County Galway). ... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... The gallon (abbreviation: gal) is a unit of volume. ...

The flight nearly ended in disaster several times owing to engine trouble, fog, snow and ice. It was only saved by Brown's continual climbing out on the wings to remove ice from the engine air intakes and by Alcock's excellent piloting despite extremely poor visibility at times and even snow filling the open cockpit. The aircraft was badly damaged upon arrival due to the attempt to land in what appeared from the air to be a suitable green field but which turned out to be a bog, but neither of the airmen was hurt. Lütt-Witt Moor, a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg in northern Germany. ...

Alcock and Brown takeoff from St. John's, Newfoundland in 1919.

Alcock and Brown were treated as heroes on the completion of their flight. In addition to the Daily Mail award of £10,000, the crew received 2,000 guineas from the Ardath Tobacco Company and £1,000 from Lawrence R. Phillips for being the first British subjects to fly the Atlantic Ocean. Both men were knighted. A memorial statue was erected at London Heathrow Airport in 1954 to celebrate their flight. There is also a monument at Manchester Airport, less than 8 miles from John Alcock's birthplace. Three monuments mark their starting point and another marks their landing point. Their aircraft (rebuilt by the Vickers Company) can be seen in the London Science Museum in South Kensington. Download high resolution version (1000x514, 112 KB)Take-off of Alcock and Brown from St. ... Download high resolution version (1000x514, 112 KB)Take-off of Alcock and Brown from St. ... London Heathrow Airport (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL), often referred to as Heathrow, is the busiest airport in the world based on international passenger transfers. ... Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is an airport in Manchester, England. ... Science Museum The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, Kensington, London, is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. ...

Later crossings

The achievement, much celebrated at the time, was later eclipsed in the mind of the American public by Charles A. Lindbergh's 1927 achievement, winning the Orteig Prize, which was the first solo crossing, and also the first nonstop airplane crossing from the American mainland to the European mainland. For the U.S. Representative from Minnesota (1859 – 1924), see Charles August Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. ... Charles Lindbergh (left) and Raymond Orteig The Orteig Prize was a $25,000 reward offered in 1919 by hotel owner Raymond Orteig to the first allied aviator(s) to fly non-stop from New York City to Paris or vice-versa. ...

Even recently, the X Prize organisation remembered Lindbergh's flight and omitted Alcock and Brown, announcing Lindbergh's flight as the first aviation crossing of the Atlantic. In fact Lindbergh was the 104th person to fly the Atlantic. As noted above, the six men of the NC-4 were ahead of Alcock and Brown. They themselves were followed a month later by 31 more (including a stowaway) who crossed on the British airship R34. Thirty of this crew, plus a different American observer, then flew back to Europe. The next crossing was in 1924, three years ahead of Lindbergh, when 33 men arrived on the German dirigible LZ-126. The latter was built as war reparation and re-christened the U.S.S. Los Angeles; the crossing was its delivery flight. The X PRIZE Foundation is the non-profit organization operating the Ansari X Prize, a $10 million competition designed to encourage private exploration of space. ... The NC-4 was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. ... The R34 was a British airship built by Beardmore in Inchinnan, Renfrew making its first flight on the 14 March 1919. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The USS Los Angeles flying over southern Manhattan The USS Los Angeles was an airship, designated ZR-3, that was built in 1923-1924 by the Zeppelin factory in Friedrichshafen, Germany, where it was originally designated LZ-126. ...

On July 2-3 2005, American adventurer Steve Fossett and co-pilot Mark Rebholz recreated the flight in a replica of the Vickers Vimy aircraft. This time, they landed on the Clifden golf course rather than in a bog. However, true to tradition, they had to call on the services of a local motor mechanic to fabricate a replacement part from materials at hand. July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Steve Fossett Steve Fossett (born April 22, 1944, in Jackson, Tennessee) is a United States aviator and adventurer known for his appetite to set world records. ...

Trivia

One of the propellers from the Vickers Vimy is in use as a ceiling fan in Luigi Malone's Restaurant in Cork City, Ireland.

A small amount of airmail was carried on this flight. The government of Newfoundland overprinted stamps for this carriage. They are valuable, while the covers (envelopes) used on the flight are particularly rare. Numerous forgeries exist. Airmail imprint on an envelope (Thailand) Airmail (or air mail) is mail that is transported by aircraft. ... Newfoundland —   (stress on final syllable; for mispronunciations, see Newfoundland travel guide from Wikitravel)— (French: , Irish: ) is a large island off the east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ...

Upon landing in Paris, Charles Lindbergh told the crowd arriving him "Alcock and Brown showed me the way!" For the U.S. Representative from Minnesota (1859 – 1924), see Charles August Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. ...

Video Games

• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 has a re-creation of the flight

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See also

• Timeline of aviation

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External links

• Alcock and Brown First Transatlantic Flight - a visit to their landing spot in Ireland
• Alcock and Brown at 'Flights of Inspiration'
• Alcock and Brown's plane at the London Science Museum