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Race the Atlantic Wind : The Flight of Alcock and Brown by Oisín McGann is a ya nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Race the Atlantic Wind : The Flight of Alcock and Brown about?
<p>In the spring of 1919, after the end of the First World War, teams of pilots and navigators begin to gather on the North American island of Newfoundland. They are attempting what many believe to be impossible – to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. Equipped with machines made mostly from wood, fabric and wire, they intend to fly the 1,800 miles to Ireland, in the face of the merciless North Atlantic weather.</p> <p>John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown are late to arrive. Competing agains
Who reads Race the Atlantic Wind : The Flight of Alcock and Brown?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Oisín McGann
- Publisher
- Dublin: The O'Brien Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781788491013
- Category
- ya nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Children'S, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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