Post by uhug on Jun 14, 2019 4:26:52 GMT -5
Time Tavel - today 100 years ago!
The biplane takes off on June 14, 1919
Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown succeeded 100 years ago in a converted Vimy IV, the first non-stop crossing in Newfoundland and landed on June 15, 1919 in Clifden, Ireland.
The overflight lasted a good sixteen hours.
Valuable Freight: In addition to a mailbag with 300 letters were two stuffed cats called Lucky Jim and Twinkletoe as a lucky charm on board.
Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown.
They were rewarded with Lord Northcliffe's £ 10,000 Daily Mail award by Winston Churchill, the then British Secretary of State.
A few days later, both men were knighted at Buckingham Palace by King George
The machine will be fueled before the start in Newfoundland.
The historic aircraft is in the Vickers factory in Weybridge, England.
After an adventurous trip, they discovered a good opportunity to land near the Irish town of Clifden - unfortunately the field turned out to be a bog ...
... the wheels of the machine sank into the soft ground, and the Vimy fell on its nose.
Signed by the High Commissioner for Newfoundland, indicating that the letter was delivered by the first successful transatlantic airmail.
Winston Churchill, then Secretary of Aviation, hands John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown the £ 10,000 prize for the successful overflight.
The front page of the "New York Herald" from Monday, June 16, 1919
The news of the adventure spread like wildfire, and the two men were received as heroes in London.
Workers erect a statue of the two heroes of aviation at London Airport in 1964.
The biplane takes off on June 14, 1919
Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown succeeded 100 years ago in a converted Vimy IV, the first non-stop crossing in Newfoundland and landed on June 15, 1919 in Clifden, Ireland.
The overflight lasted a good sixteen hours.
Valuable Freight: In addition to a mailbag with 300 letters were two stuffed cats called Lucky Jim and Twinkletoe as a lucky charm on board.
Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown.
They were rewarded with Lord Northcliffe's £ 10,000 Daily Mail award by Winston Churchill, the then British Secretary of State.
A few days later, both men were knighted at Buckingham Palace by King George
The machine will be fueled before the start in Newfoundland.
The historic aircraft is in the Vickers factory in Weybridge, England.
After an adventurous trip, they discovered a good opportunity to land near the Irish town of Clifden - unfortunately the field turned out to be a bog ...
... the wheels of the machine sank into the soft ground, and the Vimy fell on its nose.
Signed by the High Commissioner for Newfoundland, indicating that the letter was delivered by the first successful transatlantic airmail.
Winston Churchill, then Secretary of Aviation, hands John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown the £ 10,000 prize for the successful overflight.
The front page of the "New York Herald" from Monday, June 16, 1919
The news of the adventure spread like wildfire, and the two men were received as heroes in London.
Workers erect a statue of the two heroes of aviation at London Airport in 1964.