FLYING THE ATLANTIC IN SIXTEEN HOURS [Illustration: CAPT. SIR ARTHUR WHITTEN BROWN, K.B.E.] FLYING THE ATLANTIC IN SIXTEEN HOURS WITH A DISCUSSION OF AIRCRAFT IN COMMERCE AND TRANSPORTATION BY SIR ARTHUR WHITTEN BROWN, K.B.E. ASSISTED BY CAPTAIN ALAN BOTT, R.F.C. _WITH TWENTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS_ [Illustration] NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS _Copyright, 1920, by_ FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages._ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I SOME PRELIMINARY EVENTS 1 II ST. JOHN'S 15 III THE START 32 IV EVENING 47 V NIGHT 55 VI MORNING 65 VII THE ARRIVAL 75 VIII AFTERMATH OF ARRIVAL 84 IX THE NAVIGATION OF AIRCRAFT 93 X THE FUTURE OF TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT 108 XI THE AIR AGE 136 ILLUSTRATIONS Capt. Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, K.B.E. _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE The Late Capt. Sir John Alcock, K.B.E., D.S.C. 14 Feathering the Wings--Setting Up the Flier at St. John's, N.F. 30 The Last Touches--Adjusting the Bracing Wires 30 It Was Hard to Find an Aërodrome with Sufficient "Take Off" 44 Sightseers, If Left to Themselves, Would Have Wrecked the Machine 44 The Transatlantic Machine--A Vickers-Vimy With Rolls-Royce Engines 56 A Special Kind of Gasoline Had to Be Used 70 All Aboard for the First Trial Flight 70 The Vickers-Vimy Transatlantic Machine in the Air 84 The Last Square Meal in America Was Eaten Near the Wings of the Machine 84 The Late Capt. Sir John Alcock Just Before Starting 98