by Bryant Ortega https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj en-us 2015-10-16 00:12:26 UTC 2026-01-29 09:17:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Air Travel in the 1920's 980302 https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75820409 By Kevin M. & Bryant O.

]]> 2015-10-16 01:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75820409 February 22, 1920 - First transcontinental mail service arrives in New York from San Francisco. 980302 https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75820916 2015-10-16 01:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75820916 On May 21, 1927, the aviator Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. 982394 https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75822254 2015-10-16 02:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75822254 Charles Lindbergh landed safely in Paris less than 34 hours later, becoming the first pilot to solo a nonstop transatlantic flight, he changed public opinion on the value of air travel and laid the foundation for the future development of aviation. 982394 https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75824092 2015-10-16 02:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75824092 June 17, 1928 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic. 980302 https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75824172 2015-10-16 02:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75824172 June 15, 1921 - Bessie Coleman becomes the first African-American woman to receive a pilot's license. 980302 https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75826635 2015-10-16 02:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75826635 May 3, 1923 - Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John Mac-ready complete the first nonstop coast to coast airplane flight from New York to San Diego in 26 hours and 50 minutes. 982394 https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75826779 2015-10-16 02:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75826779 May 18, 1923 - WWI ace Frank Ford pays $5 and becomes Charles Lindbergh's first paying passenger. 982394 https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75827054 2015-10-16 03:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75827054 September 28, 1924 - The first round-the-world flight is completed in Seattle, Washington by three, two-seat Douglas World Cruisers of the US Army Air Service. 982394 https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75827170 2015-10-16 03:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75827170 November 30, 1925 - Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., is organized 980302 https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75827431 2015-10-16 03:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75827431 May 9, 1926 - Comdr. Richard E. Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett complete the first flight over the North Pole. 982394 https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75827463 2015-10-16 03:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75827463 1929 - William Green developed the first automatic pilot used on an airliner 980302 https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75827840 2015-10-16 03:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/980302/ec57vum2kyrj/wish/75827840