Vickers Vimy

The Hangar Aug 22, 2026

Alcock and Brown, the Vickers Vimy, and the First Nonstop Flight Across the Atlantic in Nineteen Nineteen

How John Alcock and Arthur Brown flew a converted Vickers Vimy bomber across the Atlantic nonstop in 1919, eight years before Lindbergh.

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The Hangar Aug 11, 2026

Alcock and Brown, the Vickers Vimy, and the Nineteen Nineteen Night Two Men Flew Nonstop Across the Atlantic Eight Years Before Lindbergh

How Alcock and Brown made the first nonstop transatlantic flight in 1919, eight years before Lindbergh reached Paris.

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The Hangar Aug 7, 2026

Alcock and Brown, the Converted Vimy Bomber, and the First Nonstop Flight Across the Atlantic Into an Irish Bog

How John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first nonstop transatlantic flight in 1919, crash-landing a converted bomber in an Irish bog.

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The Hangar Aug 2, 2026

Alcock and Brown, the Vickers Vimy, and the First Nonstop Flight Across the Atlantic Into a Bog in Ireland

In June 1919, Alcock and Brown flew the first nonstop transatlantic flight, eight years before Lindbergh.

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The Hangar Jul 5, 2026

Alcock and Brown: The Sixteen Hours That Crossed the Atlantic First

John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight on June 14–15, 1919 - eight years before Lindbergh - in an open-cockpit WWI bomber.

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The Hangar May 18, 2026

Alcock and Brown and the sixteen hours that crossed the Atlantic for the very first time

Alcock and Brown completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight in June 1919, eight years before Lindbergh, in an open-cockpit biplane.

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