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    John Alcock and Arthur Brown were British aviators who, in 1919, made the first non-stop transatlantic flight. They flew a modified First World War Vickers...
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    Captain Sir John William Alcock KBE DSC (5 November 1892 – 19 December 1919) was a British Royal Navy and later Royal Air Force officer who, with navigator...
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    navigator of the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight with pilot John Alcock in June 1919. Arthur Whitten Brown was born in Glasgow to American...
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    military leader John F. Aiso (1909–1987), American nisei military leader John Aiken (RAF officer) (1921–2005), Royal Air Force officer John Alcock (RAF officer)...
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  • competition but had not yet found a pilot. Alcock's enthusiasm impressed Vickers's team, and he was appointed as its pilot. Work began on converting the Vimy...
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  • Episode Title Written by Directed by Original airdate Viewers (millions) 1–2 "Pilot" Barbara Machin Martin Hutchings 4 September 2000 (2000-09-04)...
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    the BBC television medical drama Holby City as medical student Barbara Alcock for three episodes. In July 2014, she appeared in Finding Carter as Susan...
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    sixteenth-century house. Communes of the Seine-Maritime department John Alcock, pilot of the first non-stop Atlantic flight in 1919; died following a crash...
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    Air France Flight 447 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error)
    Paris, France. On 1 June 2009, inconsistent airspeed indications led to the pilots inadvertently stalling the Airbus A330 serving the flight. They failed to...
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  • the local parish priest Charles Dale as Gary Alcock; hotel chef and renowned sex addict Kevin Doyle as John Parr/Fisher; a school headteacher Clare Holman...
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