Alcock and Brown - T-shirt Rafale Roles included photo-reconnaissance

Roles included photo-reconnaissance

Grumman F8F Bearcat

Eventually in 1960 the company became part of the British Aircraft Corporation

V-Force is made up of the Vickers Valiant

Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft

Alcock and Brown - T-shirt Rafale Roles included photo-reconnaissanceThe first Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown John Alcock was a military pilot during World War I and Arthur Whitten Brown was an engineer and pilot during the war. Both had been shot down and imprisoned by the Germans, during this time both resolved together to cross the Atlantic by air. After the war they both worked with Vickers to convert a Vimy to be able to undertake the long flight. On the 14th June both set off from Newfoundland. After 12