Links to Relevant WebsitesFive photographs at Parrsboro (click on the small images to see larger photos) http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbrnep/kerrpics6.htm Fabric and Postcard from the Parrsboro Nova Scotia Handley Page The postcard is dated 13 October 1919: "This is the picture of the airplane when she fell." http://www.kaiserbunker.com/rfc/ Handley Page V/1500 airplane http://www.handleypage.com/Aircraft_hp15.html (1) Alcock and Brown Take the Atlantic ...the ultimate prize was the still unclaimed Daily Mail prize of £10,000 ($50,000) for the first nonstop crossing of the Atlantic. One team had a clear head start: the Handley Page team headed by Admiral Mark Kerr. The Handley Page V/1500 "Berlin Bomber" was the largest aircraft built by the Allies during World War One, and was equipped with four powerful Rolls-Royce engines... http://www.esparacing.com/Aviation%20history/ daredevils/Atlantic%202.htm (2) Alcock and Brown Take the Atlantic http://www.pilotfriend.com/century-of-flight/Aviation%20history/ daredevils/Atlantic%202.htm Parrsboro Introduction ...Through a series of fateful events beginning with the emergency landing of the Handley-Page airplane Atlantic in 1919, Parrsboro became a sister community to Greenport, New York. In October of that year, the repaired Atlantic carried the first international air mail from Canada to the United States on a flight from Parrsboro to Greenport... http://www.town.parrsboro.ns.ca/parrsboro%20introduction.htm Air Commodore H.G. Brackley http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Brackley.htm |
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