"'Capt. Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, K.B.E. ,'" | Frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE |
"The Late Capt. Sir John Alcock, K.B.E., D.S.C." | 14 |
"Feathering the Wings—Setting Up the Flier at St. John's, N.F. " | 30 |
"The Last Touches—Adjusting the Bracing Wires" | 30 |
"It Was Hard to Find an AËrodrome with Sufficient "Take Off"" | 44 |
"Sightseers, If Left to Themselves, Would Have Wrecked the Machine" | 44 |
"The Transatlantic Machine—A Vickers-Vimy With Rolls-Royce Engines" | 56 |
"A Special Kind of Gasoline Had to Be Used" | 70 |
"All Aboard for the First Trial Flight" | 70 |
"The Vickers-Vimy Transatlantic Machine in the Air" | 84 |
"The Last Square Meal in America Was Eaten Near the Wings of the Machine" | 84 |
"The Late Capt. Sir John Alcock Just Before Starting" | 98 |
"Shipping the First Direct Transatlantic Air Mail" | 98 |
"Hot Coffee Was Taken Aboard" | 104 |
"Slow Rising Nearly Caused Disaster at the Start of the Great Flight " | 104 |
"Lucky Jim and Twinkletoe, the Mascots" | 120 |
"The Transatlantic Flight Ended With a Crash in an Irish Bog " | 120 |
"Chart of the North Atlantic Showing Course of the Flight " | 136 |
"The Men Who Worked Without Glory to Make the Flight Possible " | 136 |
"The Vickers Aeroplane Works at Weybridge, England" | 154 |
"Comfort Can Be Enjoyed in Air Travel To-day" | 154 |