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The Big Hop the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean and into the future

"In 1919, in Newfoundland, four teams of aviators came from Britain to compete in "the Big Hop": an audacious race to be the first to fly, nonstop, across the Atlantic Ocean. One pair of competitors was forced to abandon the journey halfway, and two pairs never made it into the air. Only one team, a...

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Main Author: Rooney, David, 1974- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Transatlantic flights > History > 20th century.
Endurance flights > History > 20th century.
Air pilots > History > 20th century.
Aeronautics > History.
Alcock, John, > Sir, > 1892-1919.
Brown, Arthur Whitten, > Sir, > 1886-1948.
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Biographies.
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Summary:"In 1919, in Newfoundland, four teams of aviators came from Britain to compete in "the Big Hop": an audacious race to be the first to fly, nonstop, across the Atlantic Ocean. One pair of competitors was forced to abandon the journey halfway, and two pairs never made it into the air. Only one team, after a death-defying sixteen-hour flight, made it to Ireland"--
Physical Description:viii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-310) and index.
ISBN:9781324050964
1324050969
Author Notes:David Rooney is a historian and curator specializing in transport, technology, and engineering, and the author of About Time and The Big Hop . For almost twenty years he worked at the London Science Museum, which houses the 1919 airplane first flown across the Atlantic. He lives in London.

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