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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W.W. Norton & Company,
[2025]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Rooney, David, |d 1974- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Big Hop : |b the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean and into the future / |c David Rooney. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b W.W. Norton & Company, |c [2025] | |
| 300 | |a viii, 320 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 520 | |a "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"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-310) and index. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Transatlantic flights |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Endurance flights |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Air pilots |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Aeronautics |x History. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Alcock, John, |c Sir, |d 1892-1919. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Brown, Arthur Whitten, |c Sir, |d 1886-1948. |
| 655 | 7 | |a Informational works. |2 lcgft | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographies. |2 lcgft | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Held, Richard tribute. | |
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