Twinkletoes the Cat

Twinkletoes_Cat
Tier
Standard
Location
Cosford
Price
£75
Accession Number
1990/0732/C

This object has been adopted by:

Zeke Zizzou Lam Chris Rhodes Susan Quinton Genevieve Wheeler

Object details

For any cat lovers out there, this Transatlantic traveller might just be the purrfect adoption for you! Twinkletoes was the lucky charm of Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown and accompanied him during the first non-stop transatlantic flight. He completed this feat with Captain John Alcock in a Vickers Vimy Biplane in 1919.

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