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Alcock - Brown Transatlantic Flight

At 12:58 p.m. Newfoundland time on 14 June, 1919, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown of the Royal Air Force took off from nearby Lester’s Field in a Vickers Vimy biplane. Sixteen hours and twelve minutes later, having travelled 1800 miles, they landed at Clifden, Ireland, thus completing the first non-stop transatlantic flight.

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Vol Transatlantique Alcock-Brown

A 12 h 58, heure de Terre-Neuve, le 14 juin 1919, le capitaine John Alcock et le lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown de la Royal Air Force décollaient du champ Lester’s, près d¿ici, dans un biplane Vickers Vimy. Seize heures et douze minutes plus tard, ayant franchi une distance de 1,800 milles, ils se posaient à Clifden, en Irlande. Ils venaient d¿accomplir le premier vol transatlantique sans escale.

Location: junction of Lemarchant Road and Patrick Street, St. John's
Emplacement : angle du chemin Lemarchant et rue Patrick, St. John's
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 47.557615, -52.720209
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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