... the first to complete a nonstop, solo flight across the Atlantic.
On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop flight ever across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. He flew the plane named the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris.
New York hotel owner Raymond Orteig had offered a $25,000 prize for whomever could complete the first nonstop flight between New York and Paris. Lindbergh got support from investors in St. Louis, and thus named the plane bulit for the purpose the Spirit of St. Louis.
