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Statue of Alcock and Brown at London Heathrow Airport (now located at Brooklands Museum) John Alcock and Arthur Brown were British aviators who, in 1919, made the first non-stop transatlantic flight. [1] They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy [2] bomber from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, County Galway, Ireland. [3]
Le capitaine John Alcock et le lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown sont les aviateurs britanniques ayant effectué le premier vol transatlantique sans escale en 1919 [1]. Volant sur un bombardier Vickers Vimy IV, ils ont décollé de Terre-Neuve , Canada , dans la fin de l'après-midi du 14 juin 1919 et ont touché terre à Clifden , dans le Connemara , en Irlande , à 8 h 40 le 15 juin suivant.
John William Alcock ( Old Trafford, 5 novembre 1892 – Cote d'Everard, 18 dicembre 1919) è stato un aviatore e militare britannico, capitano della Royal Air Force (RAF) insignito del titolo di Sir e decorato con l' Ordine dell'Impero Britannico e la Distinguished Service Cross .
John Alcock (bishop) John Alcock (c. 1430 – 1 October 1500) was an English churchman. He was born at Beverley in Yorkshire, son of Sir William Alcock, Burgess of Kingston upon Hull and educated at Cambridge. In 1461 he was made dean of Westminster, and his subsequent promotion was rapid in both church and state.
Alcock era el hijo de un capitán de barco, John Alcock de Bombay , quien se retiró a vivir en Blackheath, en Londres. Su madre era hija de Christopher Puddicombe, el único hijo de un hacendado de Devon. [1] Alcock estudió en Mill Hill School, en Blackheath Proprietary School y en Westminster School.
John Alcock (23 October 1804, in Kilkenny – 15 September 1886, in Waterford) was an Irish Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1829. He was Perpetual curate of the Bethseda Chapel, Dublin from 1852 to 1866; and Rector of Waterford from 1866 until his death.
New York Times June 16, 1919. Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, in a modified Vimy IV, 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, and landed June 15,1919, at Clifden in Ireland. The time for the crossing was sixteen hours ...
