June 14-15, 1919
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown set out on the first successful non-stop Atlantic crossing. They fly a Vickers Vimy from Newfoundland to Ireland in 16 hours winning a £10,000 from the Daily Mail, are both knighted by King George V. https://t.co/pbKsBKNmqD
On a North Pole mission, the Kee Bird crew lost their bearings and had to set the plane down in Greenland before running out of fuel. Kee Bird would lie on the lake, in good condition, for nearly a half-century. https://t.co/ofQFvbRQJZ
In spite of a number of "Battleship Admirals" some embraced the importance of naval aviation building a number of aircraft carriers in the 1930s. They proved the effectiveness of the carrier but paid the price at Midway. https://t.co/1yIMZDzxIa
In 1939 a journalist exaggerated its accuracy with the claim that it could "drop a bomb in a pickle barrel from 18,000 feet." The truth was a little different. https://t.co/psbHfnkZmV
With the Spielberg/Hanks series "Masters of the Air" right around the corner, here's a little background on the men and machines that are the focus of the series https://t.co/VWw6d9FoW3
June 14-15, 1919
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown set out on the first successful non-stop Atlantic crossing. They fly a Vickers Vimy from Newfoundland to Ireland in 16 hours winning a £10,000 from the Daily Mail, are both knighted by King George V. https://t.co/pbKsBKNmqD
On a North Pole mission, the Kee Bird crew lost their bearings and had to set the plane down in Greenland before running out of fuel. Kee Bird would lie on the lake, in good condition, for nearly a half-century. https://t.co/ofQFvbRQJZ
In spite of a number of "Battleship Admirals" some embraced the importance of naval aviation building a number of aircraft carriers in the 1930s. They proved the effectiveness of the carrier but paid the price at Midway. https://t.co/1yIMZDzxIa
In 1939 a journalist exaggerated its accuracy with the claim that it could "drop a bomb in a pickle barrel from 18,000 feet." The truth was a little different. https://t.co/psbHfnkZmV
With the Spielberg/Hanks series "Masters of the Air" right around the corner, here's a little background on the men and machines that are the focus of the series https://t.co/VWw6d9FoW3
June 14-15, 1919
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown set out on the first successful non-stop Atlantic crossing. They fly a Vickers Vimy from Newfoundland to Ireland in 16 hours winning a £10,000 from the Daily Mail, are both knighted by King George V. https://t.co/pbKsBKNmqD
On a North Pole mission, the Kee Bird crew lost their bearings and had to set the plane down in Greenland before running out of fuel. Kee Bird would lie on the lake, in good condition, for nearly a half-century. https://t.co/ofQFvbRQJZ