| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Investigates the exciting race to become the first to fly the Atlantic, detailing every significant trans-Atlantic journey throughout the last 100 years . Every day up to 3,000 aircraft fly across the Atlantic Ocean. If each one carries 250 passengers, that could mean as many as 750,000 people on the move between Europe and North America. The main concern for most is the choice of in-flight movie or whether to have beef or chicken for dinner. A century ago it was very different. Before John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown's epic flight of June 1919 no such journey had been attempted and they could not know what to expect. Of course, it took all the guts and determination the two men could muster but there was something else. Alcock and Brown were true professionals. Both had thought very deeply about the challenges facing them and both were determined to leave nothing to chance. In the background was the GBP10,000 prize offered by Lord Northcliffe, whose generosity represented a potent incentive for pioneer aviators. Inevitably, the names of Alcock and Brown have become synonymous with that first trans-Atlantic flight. They were the first but by no means the last of the trans-Atlantic pioneers. There were many others, some of whom are just as celebrated, while others have sunk into obscurity. His Majesty's airship R-34, for example, made the first flight from east to west and followed that up with the first return crossing. Charles Lindbergh made the first flight from the North American mainland to that of Europe. Amelia Earhart was the first woman to make a solo crossing. In the 1930s the German Zeppelins, which only a few years earlier had been terrifying London with their bombs, were offering the first regular commercial flights .... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Transatlantic flights -- History.
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Transatlantic flights. |
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History. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| ISBN |
9781526732187 (electronic book) |
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1526732181 (electronic book) |
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9781526732170 |
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1526732173 |
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