the journey byjohn alcock and arthur brown lasted more than 16 hours.e off in their vickers vimy from newfoundland, 1900 miles of atlantic between them and ireland. they had an unsteady start in newfoundland, and an undignified finish in an irish bog, but it was a landmark journey in the history of aviation. john alcock and arthur whitten brown survived dangerous missions in the first world war, only to risk their lives again. they returned as heroes and won a £10,000 prize, worth closer to half a million today. they flew in a vickers vimy. this is one of only three still in existence. it's in the raf museum reserve collection, where it has been disassembled like a giant model kit. they'd flown many risky missions before. the chances of survival if things went wrong were pretty slim. even if they survived crashing into the sea, really the north atlantic will kill you very quickly through hypothermia. but they were still willing to take the risk? they were still willing to take the risk, yes. to get a sense ofjust how difficult this journey was, you real

one of the first things alcock and brown did was send a telegram to thank the company., you may have grandparents or parents who were involved in the manufacturing and design. we want to tell their stories in our new museum. rolls—royce engine is still power transatlantic planes, rolls—royce engines still power transatlantic planes, but it was the eagle that made the trip possible. a lot of people still believed aviation wasn't here to stay and didn't believe it would ever happen. many had never seen an aircraft in 1919. this showed that it was here to stay and it was reliable, which was very, very important. in the century since they became the first to cross the atlantic in less than a day, their bravery has continued to be honoured. still to come on breakfast... it's the last 16 for england's lionesses in the women's world cup — we're in nice looking ahead to the final group game against japan on wednesday. stay with us, headlines coming up. this may be our last chance... good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: a

touch science strained, two aviators, navigated brown who the nonstop transatlantic fight, first and alcock ironically, and sadly, died in a plane crash in december of 1919 after achieving that great goal. in 1919,paragraph -- america would remember a few heroes and legends, but most of the true heroes would fade away, consumed, like alcock, in flames and lost dreams bold believers in real democracy, champions of free speech, lovers of liberty, their early steps would lead to a place most of their contemporaries could not envision. indeed, generations of americans would be affected by the battles and the passions of 1919. but in the midst of such tumult, few could grasp its significance, for america in 1919 was a nation immersed in struggle, a nation laboring to give birth to a real world in which the only true enemies with hopefully be prejudice, oppression, and fear. it was as carl sandburg astutely understood it, a stormy frightening time on a path hopefully to a more progressive future. i have no criticism of all the waste and afterbirth gore that go with a child born, he wrote to his w

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