Posted in News How the forgotten British pilots who became the first to fly across the Atlantic survived 1,900-mile journey and haphazard landing… in a plane with a broken radio and burst exhaust July 16, 2025 Fuelled by the lure of a £10,000 prize put up by the Daily Mail – the equivalent of half a million pounds now – John Alcock and Arthur Brown became the first human to cross The Pond in a single flight. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14903139/How-forgotten-British-pilots-fly-Atlantic-survived-1-900-mile-journey-haphazard-landing-plane-broken-radio-burst-exhaust.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490