Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown
First non-stop transatlantic flight (June 1919) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Alcock and Arthur Brown were British aviators who, in 1919, made the first non-stop transatlantic flight.[1] They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy[2] bomber from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.[3] The Secretary of State for Air, Winston Churchill, presented them with the Daily Mail prize for the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by aeroplane in "less than 72 consecutive hours".[4] A small amount of mail was carried on the flight, making it the first transatlantic airmail flight. The two aviators were awarded the honour of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) by King George V at Windsor Castle a week later.