ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
"'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