How the greatest air race in history unfolded after the owner of the Daily Mail offered £10,000 to the first person to fly across the Atlantic
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The owner of the Daily Mail offered 10,000 pounds to the first person to fly across the Atlantic. This sparked a historic air race. The pilots of a Vimy bomber spent hours flying in total darkness. They were desperate for the sun to rise. Just as dawn approached, the aircraft hit a bank of clouds.
After hours of flying in darkness, the men in the cockpit of the Vimy bomber were desperate for dawn. But just as the sun was about to appear, they hit a bank of cloud.