John Alcock, Arthur Brown, and the Vickers Vimy That Crossed the Atlantic Eight Years Before Lindbergh
The first nonstop transatlantic flight was completed by John Alcock and Arthur Brown on June 14, 1919 - eight years before Lindbergh.
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John Alcock, Arthur Whitten Brown, the Vickers Vimy, and the Sixteen Hours Over the North Atlantic That History Forgot to Celebrate
Eight years before Lindbergh, John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown crossed the Atlantic non-stop in an open-cockpit biplane - and most people have never heard their names.
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