Just finished this book by Captain Brown about his and Alcock’s flight in 1919 in a Vicker’s Vimy. They flew the shorter route from St. John’s Newfoundland to Ireland 7 years prior to Lindbergh’s famous flight. Crashed in a bog in Ireland.
He spends some time taking about the future of airplane and aeronautics. Interesting he mostly concludes that airships are the wave of the near future for long distance travel. Sort of reminds me how Octave Chanute believed early on that airplanes would never be useful for commerce.
The book is available on Google Books and others sources.
He spends some time taking about the future of airplane and aeronautics. Interesting he mostly concludes that airships are the wave of the near future for long distance travel. Sort of reminds me how Octave Chanute believed early on that airplanes would never be useful for commerce.
The book is available on Google Books and others sources.