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The Big Hop : the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean and into the future / David Rooney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rooney, David, 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transatlantic flights--History--20th century.
- Transatlantic flights.
- Air pilots--History--20th century.
- Air pilots.
- Endurance flights--History--20th century.
- Endurance flights.
- Aeronautics--History.
- Aeronautics.
- Alcock, John, Sir, 1892-1919.
- Alcock, John.
- Brown, Arthur Whitten, Sir, 1886-1948.
- Brown, Arthur Whitten.
- Genre:
- Informational works.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2025]
- Summary:
- "In 1919, in Newfoundland, four teams of aviators came from Britain to compete in "the Big Hop": an audacious race to be the first to fly, nonstop, across the Atlantic Ocean. One pair of competitors was forced to abandon the journey halfway, and two pairs never made it into the air. Only one team, after a death-defying sixteen-hour flight, made it to Ireland"-- Provided by publisher
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-310) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781324050964
- 1324050969
- OCLC:
- 1455397425
- Publisher Number:
- 90102019344
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