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Yesterday We Were in America : Alcock and Brown, First to Fly the Atlantic Non-Stop.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lynch, Brendan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transatlantic flights.
- Alcock, John, Sir, 1892-1919.
- Air pilots.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stroud : The History Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- This successful book describes one of the most momentous flights all time, the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in 1919.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword to Previous Edition by Len Deighton
- Foreword to new edition by Group Captain A.J.H. Alcock, MBE, RAF, nephew of John Alcock
- Alcock and Brown - Rare Aviators by Steve Fossett
- Acknowledgements
- Map of Route
- Introduction to Previous Edition
- Introduction to Centenary Edition
- 1 Free of the Prison of Gravity
- 2 The Apprenticeship of John Alcock
- 3 Alcock Meets Brown
- 4 Construction of the Atlantic Vimy
- 5 All Roads Lead to Newfoundland
- 6 Final Four Atlantic Contestants
- 7 Hawker and Grieve Survive Ditching
- 8 The Vimy's Final Preparations
- 9 Dramatic Take-Off
- 10 The Vimy Loses Radio and Exhaust
- 11 Nothing but Cloud
- 12 Surviving a Stall
- 13 A Boggy Landing
- 14 International Acclaim
- 15 Homecoming and Honours
- 16 Rouen Claims Alcock
- 17 Brown Remembers St John's
- 18 Monuments and Tribute Flights
- Appendix: Centenary Boardwalk Provides Easier Access to Vimy Landing Site
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780750991094
- 0750991097
- OCLC:
- 1082356657
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