In 1919, John Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown completed the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic. However, the story is far more than first appears and many hands made for an interesting two months.
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Maps courtesy of the National Library of Scotland
Music: 'Honeysuckle' by Honeyroot
Advertisements courtesy of the Aviation Ancestry website
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