Charles Lindberg was the first to cross the English Channel in an airplane , The Spirit of St.Louis .
The English Channel was first crossed by air in 1785. The balloon trip took two hours.
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Delacroix crossed the English Channel, first aviation race.
Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries crossed the English Channel by balloon on January 7, 1785. The journey took 2.5 hours.
In 1909 Louis Blériot completed the first flight across English Channel
Gertrude Ederle was the first lady to cross the English channel.
In 1909 Louis Blériot completed the first flight across English Channel
She was the first disable person to swim across the English channel.
Winnie Roach Leuszler was the first Canadian to swim the English Channel.
Louis Blériot was the first person to fly across the English Channel in an airplane on 25 July 1909.
Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel without assistance. His first attempt was a failure but on August 25th, 1875 he made the crossing in twenty one hours and forty five minutes.
Gertrude Ederle Also Henry Sullivan in 1923 England to France, Charles Toth of Boston in 1923 France to England,, Amelia Corson 1926 France to England , Enrique Tirabocchi in 1923 france to England