The first nonstop flight was flown by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown in a Vickers Vimy. The first solo nonstop flight was taken by Charles Lindbergh in the Spirit of Saint Louis.
Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett made a flight across the North Pole in 1926, but it was very controversial, with many others challenging their claim.
I believe her main achievement was her solo flight across the North Atlantic in 1932.
Amelia first became famous when she made the 1928 flight across the Atlantic.
Charles A. Lindbergh made the first SOLO, non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean 20-21 May 1927
On May 20, 1932, Amelia Earhart took off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, and landed the next day in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.More specifically...In answer to the question "as written," Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in June of 1928...as a passenger. From www.acepilots.com, "The pilots, Wilmer Stutz and Louis Gordon, were all but forgotten in the media frenzy surrounding the first woman to fly across the Atlantic." As the first answer cites above, she then went on to become the first woman to fly "solo" across the Atlantic when she accomplished that feat in 1932. Hope that helps clear things up. Another Reference Source: "Aviation; The Early Years" by Peter Almond, which is full of great photographs from the early aviation days. Pg 315 references her 1928 crossing.
1927
Alcock and Brown flew from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland in June 1919, which was the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
He made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
He made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
he made the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic ocean
Spirit of St. Louis
33 1/2 hours
l927. this is beyond any doubt.
Brooke Knapp.
Charles Lindbergh's airplane was called Spirit of St. Louis. The plane was used for a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
May 20, 1927- Long Island to Paris, did it because of a 25,000 for the first flight between New York and Paris
the spirit of St. Louis