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Alcock and Brown

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2009

Terry Hayward
Terry Hayward*
Affiliation:
(Vice President, Royal Institute of Navigation)
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(Email: [email protected])
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Abstract

This year celebrates the 90th anniversary of the historic first Atlantic crossing by Alcock and Brown in their Vickers aircraft. This paper draws on the log, chart, notes and equipment held in the RAF Museum at Hendon and Sir Arthur Brown's own words to tell the story of the crossing.

Keywords

Alcock and BrownAtlantic crossing
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , July 2009 , pp. 411 - 416
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2009

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References

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Brown, Sir Arthur Whitten. (1920). Flying The Atlantic In Sixteen Hours. Frederick A Stokes Co. New York.Google Scholar