forwards. For example on June 14 1919, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Brown co-piloted a Vickers Vimy non-stop from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland , winning the £13,000 ($65,000) [24] Northcliffe prize . Eight years later Charles Lindbergh took the Orteig Prize of $25,000 for the first solo non-stop