On 18 August 1932 Jim Mollison made the first east-to-west solo trans-Atlantic flight; flying from Portmarnock in Ireland to Pennfield, New Brunswick, Canada in a de Havilland Puss Moth.

Jun 13, 2019 · In May 1919, a group of Navy and Coast Guard airmen flew across the Atlantic in the NC-4, a seaplane that took three weeks, and multiple stops, to get across the ocean.

On June 28, 1939, Boeing 314 Dixie Clipper, operated by Pan American Airways, was the first flying boat to take commercial passengers across the ocean, and it did it in about 30 hours of flying...

Jul 8, 2024 · Lufthansa operated the first nonstop transatlantic passenger flight with a land-based aircraft in 1938, flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor" for 24 hours 55 minutes. Hundreds of transatlantic …

June 28th, 1939 was a big day, not just for Pan American, but for commercial aviation. After years of on-again, off-again negotiations, public prognostication, and the long-promised prospect of a new epoch …

From such rudimentary beginnings it was remarkable that 16 years later John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first successful transatlantic crossing by air.

Jun 20, 2025 · The 1919 transatlantic flight did more than conquer distance—it redefined what was possible for humanity. By shrinking oceans and connecting continents, Alcock and Brown’s …

A century ago, over the night of 14–15 June 1919, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown became the first people to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.

Jun 6, 2019 · There were a number of teams vying to be the first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic, but it was John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown who made the first successful flight.

The Crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by air was first achieved by a NC4 Flying Boat piloted by Lt. Commander Reade of the U.S. Navy in 1919. It flew from Newfoundland to Plymouth, England, via …