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