Alcock & Brown Memorial

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Alcock & Brown landed near here after a 16 hour flight. It was the aircraft pioneers John Alcock and Arthur Brown who took off in Newfoundland, Canada, with their Vimy on June 14, 1919 at 4:12 p.m. That was a bomber made at the end of WWI. But the interior space was replaced by a giant fuel tank. Michiel Hendryckx describes their navigation talent in a fantastic way:

"Despite favorable weather forecasts, the plane immediately encountered dense fog, which made navigation impossible. …Read more

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Source: Michiel Hendryckx, De Standaard Weekblad

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