Vivian Hewitt

Vivian Hewitt
Born 1888
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Died 1965 (aged 7677)[1]
Nationality British
Aviation career
Known for Second flight from Great Britain to Ireland, 26 April 1912[2]
Flight license 1 October 1912[3]
London

Vivian Hewitt was a pioneering Welsh aviator. Born in Grimsby, he moved to Bodfari, Denbighshire, Wales his mother's family home, on the death of his father during his childhood.[1]

On 26 April 1912, Hewitt successfully completed a flight between Holyhead and Dublin, landing in the Phoenix Park. Interviewed by the press, he expressed the view that Damer Leslie Allen, who had disappeared a few days earlier whilst attempting the same flight, had been insufficiently experienced as an aviator for a task of such difficulty.[2]

Although widely reported to be the first person to cross the sea from Great Britain to Ireland in an aeroplane, several days earlier,[1] on 22 April Denys Corbett Wilson had flown from Goodwick in Pembrokeshire to Enniscorthy.[4][5] Nevertheless, the view was expressed at the time that Hewitt's flight was "a more difficult and dangerous feat" than Corbett Wilson's.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lewis, Alys (10 March 2010). "BBC: Captain Vivian Hewitt – the aviation pioneer". BBC News. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
  2. 1 2 "Aviation: Flight from Holyhead to Dublin – Mr Hewitt descends in the Phoenix Park". Irish Times. Dublin. 27 April 1912. p. 7.
  3. Flight Magazine 5 October 1912
  4. "Flying the Irish Channel" (PDF). Flight Magazine. London: Reed Business Information. IV (17): 379. 27 April 1912. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  5. "Irish Aviator's Feat: St. George's Channel Crossed". Irish Times. Dublin. 27 April 1912. p. 23.
  6. "Editorial". (Weekly) Irish Times. Dublin. 4 May 1912. p. 10.


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