transatlantic flights

An account of the first flight over the Atlantic Ocean, from Canada to England, made in 1919 by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown.

A biography of American aviator Charles Lindbergh, with an emphasis on the preparation for and details of his solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927.

An account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane. Includes a brief biography of the aviator.

Freddy LeGrand ends his transatlantic flight somewhere in the French countryside. Soon he sets out for Paris with a new plane, but trouble lies just beyond the next horizon.

Discusses Lindbergh's famous flight across the Atlantic and his later life.

Chronicles Lindbergh's efforts to be the first to fly across the Atlantic, the building of his airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, and the actual flight itself.

Discusses various aspects of a jet plane flight across the Atlantic, including checking in as a passenger, getting ready for takeoff, navigational activities of the crew, dealing with the weather, and landing.

Includes, among others, such historical flights across the Atlantic as the very first flight, the first non-stop flight, and the first mass crossing.

An account of how three men in a hot air balloon trace Charles Lindbergh's solo airplane route across the Atlantic in 1978.