Forgotten History: The People Who Successfully Flew Across the Atlantic Before Lindbergh

Before Charles Lindbergh successfully finished his historic cross-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris on the May 21, 1927, the Daily Mail announced that they would pay £10,000 to the first aviator to successfully cross the Atlantic ocean in under 72 hours. But who were the aviators who accepted the challenge and became the first aviators in history to cross the Atlantic ocean?

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[kenharris]

When Allcock and Brown climbed out of the wreckage of the Vimy, a farmer who had witnessed the crash walked up to the two airmen and asked where have you come from, they replied, yesterday we were in America.

[pakde]

I thought this channel had been abandoned. Glad it's still chugging along.

[megmolkate]

Alcott and Brown seem to be of the logic that any landing that you can walk away from is a good landing and if you can use the aircraft again it’s a great landing.

[andrewallen]

it was Lindbergh's magnificent achievement to cross the Atlantic a mere decade after Alcock and Brown did.

[richardpatton]

That’s still the symbol of the Portuguese Air Force to this day

All the best to everyone

[TheAnxiousAardvark]

I'd almost given up on this stream. Well done.

[iTeerRex]

So much scientific and technological discoveries and innovations took place in such short period of time. Combining them made even more and better things possible. The 20th century was truly miraculous in this regard. Sadly we also destroyed the planet at the same time.

[gijbuis]

This seems to be clearly the story behind "Those magnificent men in their flying machines"!

[HieMan-gn]

Also there's an entire list of animals that was sent to space before Laika. Sometimes the way we remember history just has a malfunction for some reason.

[firethecoach]

Sure wish I could go back in time and see all the things they came up with in these early planes first hand as it’s happening

[CaptHollister]

The sad part is that if you ask any group of people who was first to fly across the Atlantic, you are very likely to be told it was Lindbergh and will be met with incredulity if you try to correct them.

[nahhweeaadjxc]

My relative beryl markham, i hope will be. Mentioned in one of your videos amazing story of her flight from east to west, ..
Her life story is preety amazing so be great if you could do a small video to tell her story of her famous crossing.

Mr. B markham

[barrydysert]

Our Feline overlords are pleased with you Factboi 😼 !:-)
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[stevehirlehey]

Yes, I am SO tired of people thinking that Lindberg was the first taprans Atlantic crossing, he was merely SOLO. Alcock and Brown beat him by some 10 years in a Vickers Vimy

[melaber]

Please cover Gustav Whitehead, who flew before the Wright Brothers?!

[fabrisseterbrugghe]

My father used to ask our older relatives which they'd seen first a car or a plane. The natural follow up question was when did you see the other.

One elderly cousin, she died at 105, saw a car pre WWI, but didn't see an airplane until the 1920s.

She and her husband were going up to Dover, Delaware to get supplies. They noticed a large crowd looking onto the grounds of the DuPont mansion. They heard the drone and saw a plane land on the DuPont lawn.

The plane was Spirit of St. Louis, and the pilot was Lindbergh just after he returned to the U.S. by boat from France.

[richardcovello]

Wasn't the wreckage of Nungesser & Khol's airplane discovered in New Hampshire about 10 or 15 years ago?

Haven't watched the video yet but I hope this is Alcock & Brown. Remember reading about them as a kid.

[reidbronson]

I'm sorry you did not name the commander of NC-4, the first plane to fly across the Atlantic. His name was Commander Albert Cushing Read. For a short time he was a huge national hero. A few months later, my Dad was born and was given the first name Read. Soon, Commander Read faded into obscurity. After being bullied in school, "Can you read, Read?", Dad changed the spelling of his name to Reid. Like Commander Read, Dad entered the world of Navy Aviation becoming a Flight Engineer on a Catalina Seaplane just prior to Pearl Harbor. Dad was at Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians on December 7th. Six months later, Nimitz had all the Cats from Dutch Harbor looking for the Japanese heading to Midway when the Japanese Northern Fleet attacked Dutch Harbor. Dutch Harbor told its Cats not to return. Instead of seeking shelter in another Aleutian Island, Dad's crew voted to keep looking for the Japanese even though it meant they would have to ditch in the ocean. As they ran out of gas, they radioed their final position. Being a seaplane, the Catalina managed to tentively land on the water. However, the rough seas of the Northern Pacific quickly floundered the Cat. Fortunately, the entire crew made it into a life raft. For three days they rode the ocean praying that the Americans would find them before the Japanese. Luckily, a destroyer rescued them. Dad received the Air Medal. After a long stay in a hospital to treat exposure, Dad received 30 Days Survivor's Leave. Dad went to Chicago to marry Mom. Then back to Dutch Harbor and the war. What a generation.
Dad was a great father to all five of us. We loved him. Nine more family members were named Reid, after Dad. Including me, my Son, and my Granddaughter (middle name). We all wanted to honor our wonderful Dad. The name covers four generations of our family members.
Thanks to Commander Read, there are a total of ten Reids in our family. Five first name Reids. Five middle name Reids. My son, Reid, followed my Dad into Aviation after receiving Aerospace Engineering degrees from Michigan and Washington University in St. Louis. At Boeing he built F-18s, F-15s and V-22s. Now at Grumman he's building the B-21 Raider.
Today, you can find the NC-4 at the Navy Aviation Museum at Pensacola Naval Air Station. Great museum. The golf course on the Pensacola Naval Air Station is named for Commander Read.
Commander Read reached Admiral and served thru World War 2.
He means a lot to our family. I have his portrait hanging in the hallway of my house.
Thank you for a great video.
Reid.

[nmcgunagle]

I like how Nungesser and Coli couldn’t be bothered to take their cigarettes out of their mouths for their headshots. Like their cigs are extensions of themselves.