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Who was the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean?

American aviator (pilot) Charles A. Lindbergh (1902–1974) was the first person to make a nonstop airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Departing from New York City in his single-engine plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, he landed in Paris, France, on May 21, 1927. Lindbergh had covered 3,600 miles (about a third of it through sleet and snow) in 33 hours, 29 minutes. For this feat he won a $25,000 cash prize, was hailed as a hero, and earned the nickname the Lone Eagle. In spite of his fame, Lindbergh was a private person. He and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906– ) lived quietly in New Jersey, until their only son was kidnapped and killed in what was called the "crime of the century." Although Bruno Hauptmann, an unemployed German immigrant (a person who permanently settles in a foreign country) was tried and...

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