2 Britons Fly From London To N.Y., Back in 14 Hours Tribune 1955 By Associated Press LONDON, Aug. 23 Two nonchalant British airmen breakfasted in London Tuesday morning, nipped over to New York for lunch and flew back home to dine with their wives Tuesday night. They did it by Canberra Jet Bomber and the whole thing took just over 14 hours. Civilian air line pilot John Hackett and navigator Peter Moneypenny averaged 481.52 m.p.h. on their trans Atlantic shuttle, and that included 35 minues for a lunch of scrambled eggs at New Yorks Floyd Bennett Airfield. As they climbed out of their sleek twin jet on the London Airport Tarmac they were nearly mobbed by hundreds of cheering men and women who broke through a police cordon. A routine flight, reported Hackett to waiting officials. On the flight to New York, the Canberra bucked 40 m.p.h. head winds to cover the 3,457 miles in 7 hours 29 minutes and 56.7 seconds. The average speed was 461.12 m.p.h. With tail winds, coming back, she covered the same distance in 6 hours, 16 minutes 59.5 seconds.