The Frenchman Bleriot was the first to fly across the English Channel. He flew from Calais to Dover on July 25, 1909. Lieutenant-Commander A. C. Read, of the United States Navy, flew from America to the Azores in April, 1919, and then after a few week's stay to Lisbon and thence to Plymouth, arriving on May 31. This was the first Atlantic flight. The first non-stop flight was by Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant A. Whitten Brown on June 14-15, 1919. They flew from Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 16 (Supplement)
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