“That is the way to fly the Atlantic,” Brown the navigator said matter-of-factly. Half way across the Atlantic, Brown had to stand in the cockpit and scrape ice off key components to keep the motor running. On at least two other occasions, the plane came within feet of crashing into the ocean. Photograph: Topica/GettyExactly 15 hours and 57 minutes after take-off, Alcock and Brown landed in Derrigimlagh Bog outside Clifden. “The following day, Cork’s story was on the front of every newspaper in the world,” Kenny says.

Source: The Irish Times June 08, 2019 04:52 UTC