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  Arthur Whitten Brown Summary
An expert aerial navigator, Brown flew from Newfoundland to Ireland on June 15-16, 1919, with pilot John Alcock at the controls.
Brown acted as navigator, radio operator, and troubleshooter on the 2,000-mile (3,218 km) flight, climbing out of his open cockpit several times to service essential instruments.
Brown was knighted for his achievement and received, with Alcock, a £10,000 prize.
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  Encyclopedia: Arthur Brown (musician)
Arthur Brown, born in Whitby, Yorkshire on 24 June 1944, is a British rock and roll singer known for his flamboyant, theatrical style and significant influence on shock rockers such as Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson.
Brown attended London University and Reading University and studied philosophy, but was also interested in taking advantage of his large vocal range of several octaves.
Arthur Browns Kingdom Come was one of the most unique and interesting bands of the 1970s British music scene, combining Arthur Browns voice, theatrics, and conceptualizations with psychedelic and progressive rock music.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Arthur-Brown-%28musician%29   (1538 words)

  
 Alcock et Brown - Wikipédia
Alcock et Brown (le capitaine John Alcock et le lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown) sont des aviateurs et ont effectué le premier vol sans escale transatlantique en 1919.
Brown devient prisonnier de guerre, après avoir été descendu au dessus de l'Allemagne.
Alcock et Brown ont été traités comme des héros après cet exploit et ont été fait chevaliers au palais de Buckingham par le roi George V quelques jours après.
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 Arthur Whitten Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown (July 23, 1886 - October 4, 1948) was, as a Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force together with Captain John Alcock, the navigator of the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight, from St John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland which took place on 14 June 1919 departing St Johns' at 1.45 p.m.
A few days after the flight both Alcock and Brown were knighted by King George V.
Brown worked then as an engineer for the Vickers company, and settled in Wales.
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 Alcock and Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British aviators Alcock and Brown (Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown) made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919.
It was only saved by Brown's continual climbing out on the wings to remove ice from the engine air intakes and by Alcock's excellent piloting despite extremely poor visibility at times and even snow filling the open cockpit.
Alcock and Brown were treated as heroes on the completion of their flight.
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 Arthur Brown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Arthur Brown was a British rock and roll singer in the late 1960s, known for outlandish performances.
His debut album, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968) was a surprise hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
Though Brown never managed to release another terribly successful recording, he did release several albums as Kingdom Come in the early 1970s and also contributed some vocals on albums by the Alan Parsons Project.
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 FlightSim.Com Feature: Great Airplanes 6: Vickers Vimy
Alcock and Brown literally flew by the seat of their pants, with the dubious aid of a pair of clinometers, an airspeed indicator, an altimeter and a clock.
Climbing over it was impossible and when Brown worked out their position he recorded the wind speed as nil (though in fact it can't have been, as you can't get fog without a light breeze).
Brown grabbed his sextant and took a fix, which, in further testimony to Alcock's skill as a pilot, showed they were only a few miles south of their planned route.
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 Introduction John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were two British fliers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were two British fliers.
Arthur Whitten Brown was born in Glasgow in 1886.
When Alcock and Brown returned to Britain after their successful journey, they received a hero's welcome.
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 Alcock and Brown
Before dark Brown might once more be able to take his position by the sun; but after nightfall it was questionable whether the stars would be bright enough to guide the fliers reliably on their course.
Brown wrote to Alcock: "Must see stars now." Their altitude was 6,500 ft. and they were surrounded by clouds and darkness.
Brown jerked himself free, and, in the blinding snow, he wriggled forward from strut to strut and from cable to cable, holding on with one hand.
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 Arthur Whitten Brown -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Arthur Whitten Brown was born in (Largest city in Scotland; a port in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world) Glasgow.
A few days after the flight both Alcock and Brown were knighted by (Click link for more info and facts about King George V) King George V.
Brown worked then as an engineer for the Vickers company, and settled in (One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria) Wales.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Ar/Arthur_Whitten_Brown.htm   (332 words)

  
 Alcock and Brown
Alcock and Brown (Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown) made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919.
Flying a modified Vickers Vimy IV twin-engined bomber, they took off from Newfoundland in the late afternoon June 14, 1919 and landed in a marsh in Connemara, Ireland, at 8:40am on June 15, 1919.
The achievement, much celebrated at the time, was later eclipsed in the mind of the United States public by Charles A. Lindbergh's 1927 achievement, which was the first solo crossing, and also the first crossing from mainland to mainland.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/alcock_and_brown   (582 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Alcock and Brown
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown (July 23, 1886 _ October 4, 1948) was, as a Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force together with Captain John Alcock, the navigator of the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight, from St Johns, Newfoundland to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland which took place on 14 June...
Sir John William Alcock (November 5, 1892-18 December 1919) was, as a Captain in the Royal Air Force together with Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, the pilot of the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight, from St....
Three monuments mark their starting point, while a single monument marks their landing point, and their aircraft (rebuilt by the Vickers Company) resides in the London Science Museum in South Kensington.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Alcock-and-Brown   (1573 words)

  
 The Ultimate Arthur Brown (musician) - American History Information Guide and Reference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Brown is a British rock and roll singer known for his flamboyant, theatrical style and significant influence on shock rockers like Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson.
Arthur Brown has a large vocal range (several octaves).
(Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come should not be confused with the hard rock/glam band of the same name from the 1980's.) The Kingdom Come albums featured a wild mix of progressive rock and demented theatrics.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Arthur_Brown_%28musician%29   (432 words)

  
 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Alcock and Brown
Alcock and Brown, British pioneer aviators who were the first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
Transoceanic flying began with the flight of the NC-4, the initials denoting Navy-Curtiss.
However, the flight of John Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown...
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 Ireland weather and climate, ireland.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Emergency landings occurred with an average frequency of one per 800 miles of distance flown; the life expectancy of an Air Mail pilot in the US was a mere 4 years; and in the years 1920 and 1921 no fewer than 89 aeroplanes crashed, and 19 pilots were killed, in the United States alone.
It was against this backdrop that John Alcock, with fellow aviator Arthur Brown acting as his navigator, took off from Lester's Field in Newfoundland on the afternoon of June 14th, 1919.
Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, as he became, lived on until 1948, and saw this great potential realised.
www.ireland.com /weather/eye/2004/1218   (461 words)

  
 Arthur Whitten Brown - Wikipedia
Alcock und Brown gewannen mit dem Flug einen von der Londoner Zeitung Daily Mail ausgesetzten Preis von 10.000 £ für den ersten Nonstopflug über den Atlantik.
Anlässlich eines Besuchs in den Vickers Werken wurde ihm der Navigator-Posten für den bereits mit John Alcock als Piloten geplanten Transatlantikflug angeboten.
Wenige Tage nach dem Flug wurden Alcock und Brown von König George V. um Ritter geschlagen.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Brown Sir Arthur Whitten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Brown was navigator on the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Evans, Sir Arthur John (1851-1941), British archaeologist, born in Nash Mills, England, and educated at Harrow School, Brasenose College, the...
Currie, Sir Arthur William (1875-1933), Canadian military leader and educator, born in Strathroy, Ontario.
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 Introduction John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were two British fliers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were two British fliers.
Arthur Whitten Brown was born in Glasgow in 1886.
By joining forces with the firm Vickers, Alcock and Brown entered the competition for the first direct transatlantic flight, set up by the Daily Mail with a prize of ten thousand pounds.
www.fi.edu /flights/long   (414 words)

  
 Alcock and Brown
And on at least two occasions, Brown made what he thought would be a last entry into the flight log and stuffed it into his shirt, hoping his experience would be of use to later aviators if his body were ever found.
Alcock and Brown were knighted by King George V and awarded the Northcliffe prize by the Secretary of State for War and Air, Winston Churchill.
Alcock and Brown’s crossing of the Atlantic was to have a profound effect on two men who up to this point had not done much flying.
www.history-of-flight.net /Aviation%20history/daredevils/Atlantic%202.htm   (1212 words)

  
 Brown Family Crest by Houseofnames.com
"Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown, and Allied Families" by James A. Burgess, "Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Marion Murphy and Anna Jane Brown" by Lera Murphy Johnson, "Brown and Sayre Ancestry; Three Centuries in Northern New Jersey" by Mortimer Freeman Sayre, "Brown (Browne) and the Descendants in Carolina Today" by Joseph Parsons Brown.
We have researched the Brown family crest in the most recognized sources of coats of arms.
In the Brown coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
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Most Connemara people are aware of the celebrated story of the first direct crossing of the Atlantic by Jack Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown in 1919.
What many may not know is that there are plans afoot to recreate that first crossing in an exact replica of the original aircraft - and for the replica to be housed in a museum in Clifden.
Alcock and Brown, both British, experienced extreme flying conditions - fog, drizzle and a broken radio.
www.connemara.net /news/stories/324.html   (527 words)

  
 Arthur Whitten Brown - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
Arthur Whitten Brown - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
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 CULT FILM SITE: Black Artists
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Two Army buddies in Viet Nam (Clifton Brown and Dennis Safren) doublecross the Mob and go AWOL after a drug deal.
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 Adventurers to Recreate Historic 1919 Transatlantic Flight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Two pilots, John Alcock and Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, hold the record for the first nonstop transatlantic flight back in 1919, eight years before Lindbergh.
In 1919, John Alcock and Sir Arthur Whitten Brown made the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they flew from Newfoundland, Canada to County Galway, Ireland.
Over the course of their flight the pair got lost in sleet and darkness, Sir Arthur Whitten Brown was forced to climb out of the cockpit to clear ice from the plane, they went into uncontrolled spins, at times were forced to fly upside down, and finished the flight with a crash landing.
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 Alcock and Brown - Great Britain
Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, in a modified Vimy IV they made the first non-stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic.
Alcock and Brown's ambition was to fly the Atlantic non-stop.
Brown cleared the air filters of snow--then he had to go back again, back and over the nose to the other wing and the other engine.
www.aviation-history.com /airmen/alcock.htm   (3521 words)

  
 Brown Coat of Arms, Family Crest
In most instances, the Brown family name came to England with the Norman Conquest of England of 1066.
Deriving from the Old French, Middle English "brun," it was originally a nickname for someone who may have had brown hair, brown eyes, or perhaps even dressed habitually in brown.
Brown is also a Sept of the Clan MacMillan
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 GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: Great Scots of Note
Alcock and Brown thus won the prize of 10,000 pounds given by the London Daily Mail and became part of history.
After the flight of Alcock and Brown came the crew of the R-34, a British dirigible in July 1919; and the crew of the German dirigible LX-126 in October 1924.
This phenomenon is known as "Brownian movement." Trained as a medical doctor, Brown sailed to Australia on the Investigator expedition of 1801 as a botanical explorer.
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