Copyright, 1920, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation
into foreign languages.

[CONTENTS]

CHAPTERPAGE
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
"[Shipping the First Direct Transatlantic Air Mail]"98
"[Hot Coffee Was Taken Aboard]"104
"[Slow Rising Nearly Caused Disaster at the Start
of the Great Flight ]"		104
"[Lucky Jim and Twinkletoe, the Mascots]"120
"[The Transatlantic Flight Ended With a Crash in
an Irish Bog ]"		120
"[Chart of the North Atlantic Showing Course of
the Flight ]"		136
"[The Men Who Worked Without Glory to Make
the Flight Possible ]"		136
"[The Vickers Aeroplane Works at Weybridge, England]"154
"[Comfort Can Be Enjoyed in Air Travel To-day]"154

FLYING THE ATLANTIC IN SIXTEEN HOURS