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47129	Brown, Arthur Whitten, Sir	Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours With a Discussion of Aircraft in Commerce and Transportation			.txt	text/plain	34391	1691	68	on the navigation of aircraft for long flights over the sea. charts, as applied to sun, horizon, sea-surface and time of day, THE VICKERS-VIMY TRANSATLANTIC MACHINE IN THE AIR] have brought the mail direct from New York to London by air. The "Dead Reckoning" position of an aëroplane or airship at any time is Having found by observation the drift, the ground speed and the air [Illustration: SHIPPING THE FIRST DIRECT TRANSATLANTIC AIR MAIL] observation of the ground speed and of the course, the air navigator, airship service London-New York direct, the approximate time under York to London by the direct route (three thousand miles) would be just craft when in flight, owing to its high speed through the air; and, in the London-New York air service always to avoid troublesome winds, as Australia in a Vickers-Vimy aëroplane, that long-distance flights landing grounds and wireless stations are provided for air pilots	./cache/47129.txt	./txt/47129.txt