The first solo flight across the Atlantic was made on May 20-21, 1927, by an American, Charles Lindbergh. He flew from New York to Paris in an aircraft called spirit of t Louis after the city where the machine was made.
The flight, which took 33.5 hour, gained Lindbergh world. Wide fame and a prize of 25,000 dollar offered by a man called Raymond Orteig to fly non-top from New York to Paris. He later made an air tour of the United States, visiting every state and 78 cities.