The Big HopThe powerful true story of the first flight across the Atlantic and of the ordinary heroes who risked their lives to race in pursuit of progress 'David Rooney is an expert storyteller with a big heart, capturing not only the perils faced by the intrepid airmen who attempted the flight, but also their humanity' JOHN LANCASTER, author of The Great Air Race Newfoundland, 1919. Buffeted by winds, an unwieldy aircraft made mainly from wood and stiff linen