Photographs of Alcock and Brown

Made:: 1919-01-01-1965-12-31

maker:: Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd

Collection of reproductions of original black and white photographs featuring Jack Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, their Vickers Vimy aircraft, preparations for take-off of their historic transatlantic flight from Newfoundland, celebrations in Britain in 1919, newspaper front pages, navigation log pages, compass, chart, letters, a cheque for prize money, and a statue of the aviators.

Details

Extent:: 38 items

Identifier:: YMS0067/7

Access:: Open access.

copyright:: Copying of this material is not permitted as many of the photographs are secondary copies. Where the original photographs are out of copyright, or are original prints, copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.