A pair of 20.3-liter Rolls-Royce engines developing 350 bhp were the main tools used by British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown to cross the Atlantic in their World War I Vickers Vimy bomber ...
__1919: __John Alcock and Arthur Brown land their Vickers Vimy airplane in a bog in Clifden, Ireland, marking the end of the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic. It's a good bet to win a drink at ...