The First Transatlantic Flight Trivia Questions

Lindbergh did it in 1927, but it's often assumed he was the first overall. Two British aviators made the first nonstop crossing in 1919—with a crew.

John Alcock and Arthur Brown flew a Vickers Vimy from Newfoundland to Ireland in 1919. It was a two-man crew, not a solo pilot.

Alcock and Brown departed from St. John's, Newfoundland, not New York. Lindbergh also launched from New York, but that was years later.

In 1928, Earhart flew as a passenger on a flight from Newfoundland to Wales. She didn't pilot—but it made her famous and led to her solo flights.

Alcock and Brown's 1919 flight carried no mail—just themselves. The first airmail crossing came later that year with a different flight.

To save weight and improve aerodynamics, Lindbergh used a periscope instead of a windshield. He had to look out side windows to see forward.

Alcock and Brown crash-landed in a bog in Ireland, but they survived. No one died on that first nonstop crossing.

The British airship R34 crossed from Scotland to New York in July 1919—just weeks after Alcock and Brown's flight, but still earlier than heavier-than-air nonstop east-to-west.