Radio transmitter, from Alcock and Brown's Vickers Vimy biplane, 1919
Aircraft radio transmitter, by Harry W. Cox and Company Limited, London, England, 1919. Used in the Vickers Vimy/Rolls-Royce Biplane: the aircraft in which John Alcock (pilot) and Arthur Whitten Brown (navigator) made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic in June 1919.
Details
- Category:
- Aeronautics
- Object Number:
- 1919-476/12
- Materials:
- asbestos, lead (metal), iron, steel (metal), cotton (fibre), cotton (textile), mahogany (wood), leather and plastic (unidentified)
- type:
- radio transmitter
- credit:
- Vickers and Rolls-Royce
