Alcock Close, Newport
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Alcock Close, Newport
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 10 Aug 2011
Viewed from Kitty Hawk Drive. Alcock Close is part of an area of housing on the south side of Somerton Road where street names have a 'pioneers of aviation' theme. The close is named after John Alcock, who, together with Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight, from Newfoundland to Ireland. The flight of 3,186 km (nearly 2,000 miles) in 1919 lasted 16 hours. Both men were knighted by King George V a few days later.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.577911
Longitude
-2.962495