Alcock and Brown - T-shirt Rafale Eventually in 1960 the company

Eventually in 1960 the company became part of the British Aircraft Corporation

Grumman F8F Bearcat

As part of a coalition force

mainly as an air superiority fighter in Africa

Alcock and Brown - T-shirt Rafale Eventually in 1960 the companyThe first Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown John Alcock was a military pilot during World War I and Arthur Whitten Brown was an engineer and pilot during the war. Both had been shot down and imprisoned by the Germans, during this time both resolved together to cross the Atlantic by air. After the war they both worked with Vickers to convert a Vimy to be able to undertake the long flight. On the 14th June both set off from Newfoundland. After 12