{"id":162733,"date":"2024-12-30T21:30:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T11:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/alcock-brown-transatlantic-flight-fascinating-facts\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T21:30:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T11:30:14","slug":"alcock-brown-5-fascinating-facts-about-the-first-non-stop-transatlantic-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=162733","title":{"rendered":"Alcock & Brown: 5 Fascinating Facts About The First Non-Stop Transatlantic Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two British aviators performed the first transatlantic flight between Canada and Ireland in 1919, connecting North America and Europe and paving the way for passenger air travel. The pilot and the navigator duo became the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean by airplane in less than 72 consecutive hours. This article explores the fascinating facts about the flight and its crew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The aircraft flew for 16 hours and 28 minutes nonstop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,13240,3790,2103,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-commercial-aviation","category-first-flight","category-transatlantic-flight","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t