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Re: Pioneering Air Routes
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2026 Feb 17, 11:05 -0800
From: Gary LaPook
Date: 2026 Feb 17, 11:05 -0800
When Alcock and Brown flew their Vimy bomber across the Atlantic in 1919 it was necssary to climb out on the wing to chip ice from the engine carburator air intake. Then walk back in, climb back into the cockpit (try to warm up a bit) then climb out onto the other wing to do the same. They had to do this numereous times, over the dark and freezing Atlantic!
