John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown first flew the Atlantic Ocean non-stop in 1919.
=== === Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic Ocean non-stop, solo, in 1927.
he wanted to recognize the first person who could complete a solo flight over the Atlantic ocean
Raymond Orteig was the challenger, he offered $25,000 to the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
If a person can successfully complete the requirements and do the work, why not?
No, but the first woman to make and survive a solo flight of this type. Charles A. Lindbergh was the first solo aviator on the Atlantic flight ( l927). There were, of course crew-served Atlantic crossings by Zepplins and so on- as Ripley pointed out.
Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly over the atlantic ocean . :)
The Lucky Lindbergh coin was made in the United States to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's historic solo transatlantic flight in 1927. The coin was minted in 1977 and featured Lindbergh's portrait and the Spirit of St. Louis, the plane he used for the flight.
In 1927 Lindbergh made the first solo, non-stopairplane flight across the Atlantic. Before theat, there were flights by teams (not solo) before him. There were flights that landed on islands in the ocean before continuing (not non-stop). There was also an airship flight (not a plane).
The history of flight traces back to even before the Wright Brothers. The first person to fly over the Atlantic Ocean was John Alcock.
Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo over the Atlantic in 1927.
Francis Drake, 1577-1580, led second expedition to successfully circumnavigate the world, and the first expedition to do so successfully under one leader (Magellan had died before he was able to complete his circumnavigation).
In 1927 Charles Lindbergh became the first person to make a solo flight nonstop across the Atlantic.
Charles Lindbergh's historic flight in 1927 took him from New York City to Paris. He departed from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, and flew over the Atlantic Ocean, covering approximately 3,600 miles. The journey lasted about 33.5 hours, and he landed at Le Bourget Field near Paris, becoming the first person to complete a solo nonstop transatlantic flight.