Race the Atlantic Wind: The Flight of Alcock and Brown

by Oisin McGann

In the spring of 1919, after the end of the First World War, teams of pilots and navigators begin to gather on the North American island of Newfoundland. They are attempting what many believe to be impossible - to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. Equipped with machines made mostly from wood, fabric and wire, they intend to fly the 1,800 miles to Ireland, in the face of the merciless North Atlantic weather.

John Alcock and Arthur Whitten...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788491017
• ISBN13: 9781788491013
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: O'Brien Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7