Saturday, June 14, 2025

From Newfoundland to Galway in one long hop

On this day, June 14, 1919 John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic. They flew from St John’s Newfoundland to Clifden in Co Galway.

The plane, a Vickers Vimy, carried 200 letters, the first transatlantic airmail. 

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