Transatlantic flight (thing)

olmanrvr names Alcock and Brown as the first pilots to fly across the Atlantic. These men actually made the first nonstop crossing. There was an earlier crossing, only less than one month before the historical first nonstop flight.

On May 27 1919, the pilots of an NC-4 U.S. Navy plane became the first persons to cross the Atlantic by air. The plane crossed from Newfoundland to Lisbon, with a stop in the Azores en route. This plane was manned by Lieutenant Commander Albert Read, Lieutenant James Breese, Ensign Herbert Rodd, Lieutenant Elmer Stone, Lieutenant Walter Hinton, and Chief Mechanics Eugene Rhoads.

Now we're on the topic of Atlantic Flights:

• The first woman to cross the Atlantic was of course Amelia Earhart in 1928.
• The first solo female crossing was in 1932, again by Earhart.
• The first balloon crossing was in 1978, by the Double Eagle II. This helium balloon was manned by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman, and crossed the ocean with a new duration-record of 137 hours.
• The first solo balloon crossing was in 1984 by the Rosie O'Grady, piloted by Joe Kittinger.
• The first trans-Atlantic flight in a hot-air balloon (as opposed to helium) was by Per Lindstrand and Richard Branson in 1987.