Alcock and Brown - T-shirt Rafale Grumman F8F Bearcat

Grumman F8F Bearcat

Avro was eventually included in this group of companies

This aircraft is most famous armament is the 30mm GAU8 Avenger rotary cannon which is used to great effect on ground targets

Roles included photo-reconnaissance

Alcock and Brown - T-shirt Rafale Grumman F8F BearcatThe first Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown John Alcock was a military pilot during World War I and Arthur Whitten Brown was an engineer and pilot during the war. Both had been shot down and imprisoned by the Germans, during this time both resolved together to cross the Atlantic by air. After the war they both worked with Vickers to convert a Vimy to be able to undertake the long flight. On the 14th June both set off from Newfoundland. After 12