British aviators Arthur Whitton Brown (left) and John Alcock.
In 1919, John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown embarked on the
first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. (Flying a Vickers
Vimy biplane bomber, they took off from St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada and arrived 16 1/2 hours later in Clifden, Ireland.
Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown
are pictured taking a meal in Newfoundland a few minutes
before the start of their first non stop Atlantic flight.