John Alcock
/ˌdʒɒn ˈɔːlkɒk/
/ˌdʒɑːn ˈɔːlkɑːk/
- (1892-1919) an English pilot. In 1919 he and Arthur Brown were the first people to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, from Newfoundland in Canada to the west coast of Ireland. Alcock was made a knight in 1919.
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