In this Vickers-Vimy aeroplane, Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown made
the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic on June 15, 1919,
traversing 1,650 nautical miles in 16 hours 12 minutes.]
[Illustration: CHART OF THE TRANSATLANTIC FLIERS
This shows graphically the course of the transatlantic aviators. The
U. S. navy seaplane was first to make the flight, leaving Newfoundland May
16, 1919, flying to the Azores in 15 hours, to Lisbon in 13-1/2 hours,
and to Plymouth in 13 hours. Hawker, in a Sopwith aeroplane, left
Newfoundland May 18th, and covered half the distance to Europe, but was
compelled to descend. He was picked up by a steamer. Captain Alcock and
Lieutenant Brown made the first non-stop flight June 15th; and the
British dirigible, R-34, made the first round-trip, leaving Scotland on
July 2d.]
[Illustration: THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THEIR FAMOUS AEROPLANE
The machine is shown in action and resting on the ground. The pictures
were taken during the army test flights at Fort Myer, Virginia.]
[Illustration: _Copyright by Western Newspaper Union._