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Signaler une erreur- Date de production 1969
- Événement --
- Affiliation --
- Artiste / Artisan / Fabricant --
- Numéro de l'objet 2003.141.94.2
- Lieu d'origine Continent - Amérique du Nord
- Lieu d'utilisation Continent - Amérique du Nord, Pays - Canada
- Catégorie Objets de communication
- Sous-catégorie Moyen d'échangeObjet documentaire
- Département Musée de la poste
- Musée MCH
- Date minimale 1969/01/01
- Date maximale 1969/12/31
- Inscription (card/carte) 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST NON-STOP TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT. Date: 14-15 June, 1919. Times: Take-off 4:28 p.m. 14 June, 1919, at Lester's Field, St. John's, Newfoundland. Landed 8:40 a.m. - 15 June, 1919 in a bog near Clifden, Ireland. Route: St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland. Approximately 1800 miles. Flying Time: 16 hours and 12 minutes; 4:29 p.m. 14 June, 1919 to 8:40 a.m. 15 June, 1919. Crew: Captain John Alcock, D.S.O., Pilot. Born in Manchester, 1892; WW1 R.F.C. fighter pilot and aerobatic instructor; knighted 21 June, 1919 for Trans-Atlantic flight. Killed in air crash at Cote d'Evrard, Rouen, France, 18 December, 1919. Lieutenant Arthur Whitten-Brown, Navigator. Born in Glasgow, 1886; trained for aerial navigation; in WW1 served in the Manchester Regiment in 1915 and later in R.F.C. as an Observer. Worked as an engineer for Ministry of Munitions. Knighted 21 June, 1919, for Trans-Atlantic flight. Died in Swansea, Wales on 3 October, 1948. Aircraft: Vickers-Vimy biplane. Two 375 h.p. Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII Engines capable of 103 m.p.h. at 6500 feet. Details: Carried 840 gallons of gasoline, 40 quarts of oil, two crew members, and one bag of mail composed of 196 envelopes and one parcel. Philatelic: Postmaster General of Newfoundland, Dr. J. Alex Robinson authorized the surcharging of 10,000 15¢ stamps of the 1897 series with a black four line surchage: "Trans-Atlantic / Air Post, / 1919 / One Dollar". The 196 envelopes carried are post-marked 10 to 13 June, 1919, St. John's Newfoundland. From: Major R. K. Malott, 16 Harwich Crescent, Ottawa 6, Ontario, Canada. Series of airmail envelopes available 12 for $1.25. decal of Alcock and Brown flight 50¢. Other series and decals of other flights to follow.
- Matériaux Papier, Encre
- Mesures Hauteur 16.2 cm, Largeur 9.0 cm