Arthur Whitten Brown
/ˌɑːθə ˌwɪtn ˈbraʊn/
/ˌɑːrθər ˌwɪtn ˈbraʊn/
- (1886-1948) a Scottish pilot. In 1919 he and John Alcock were the first people to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, from Newfoundland in Canada to the west coast of Ireland. Brown was made a knight in 1919.
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