Originally Posted by
cooperplace
Were mechanics also on the Alcock and Brown flight? Ross and Keith Smith's Vimy had Bennett and Shiers on board as well, and their extraordinary bravery is often overlooked.
I´ve still got a book I read when I was a kid, and I´ve just checked if I remember the story correctly. Brown apparently climbed out of the cockpit at night over the Atlantic to remove ice from the engine air intake. Not sure if that is true though....
But even if not, hats off to those adventurers, most of the stuff we´re doing nowadays seems trivial compared to this endeavour.