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Título:
The Big Hop : the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean and into the future
Autor:
Rooney, David, 1974- author
Format:
Libros
ISBN:
9781324050964
Subject Term:
Transatlantic flights -- History -- 20th century.

Endurance flights -- History -- 20th century.

Air pilots -- History -- 20th century.

Aeronautics -- History.

Vols transatlantiques -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.

Vols d'endurance -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.

Pilotes d'aéronef -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
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"--