The Vickers F.B.27 Vimy - Great Britain

The Vickers F.B.27 Vimy - Great Britain

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The Vimy achieved immortality with its performance of a long distance flight after World War I by Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown. In a modified Vimy IV they made the first non-stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic. They took off from Lester's Field, near St. Johns, Newfoundland on June 14,1919. The Vimy landed June 15,1919 at Clifden in Ireland. The time for the crossing was sixteen hours, and twenty seven minutes.

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The Vickers F.B.27 Vimy - Great Britain
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The Vimy achieved immortality with its performance of a long distance flight after World War I by Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown. In a modified Vimy IV they made the first non-stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic. They took off from Lester's Field, near St. Johns, Newfoundland on June 14,1919. The Vimy landed June 15,1919 at Clifden in Ireland. The time for the crossing was sixteen hours, and twenty seven minutes.
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