Who was the first to fly across the Atlantic and whats was the name of the aircr

Question: Who was the first to fly across the Atlantic and whats was the name of the aircraft !.!.10 points to the first!?

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Alcock & Brown first non-stop in a Vickers Vimy IV - in 1919
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In 1919, the American NC-4 became the first airplane (seaplane) to cross the Atlantic (though it made a couple of landings on islands and the sea along the way, and taxied several hundred miles on the surface)!.
????Later in 1919, a British aeroplane piloted by Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight, from Newfoundland to Ireland!. ????
In 1921, the British were the first to cross the North Atlantic in an airship!.
In 1922, the Portuguese were the first to cross the South Atlantic in an airship!.
The first transatlantic telephone call was made on January 7, 1927!.
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh made the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight in an airplane (between New York City and Paris)!. ????
In 1952, Ann Davison was the first woman to single-handedly sail the Atlantic Ocean!.
In 1980, Gérard d'Aboville is the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean rowing!.
In 1994, Guy Delage was the first man to swim across the Atlantic Ocean, from the Cape Verde islands to Barbados!.
In 1998, Benoit Lecomte was the first man to swim across the northern Atlantic Ocean, stopping for only one week in the Azores!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Atlantic_Oc!.!.!.

also, see this link for a pic of the Curtiss aircraft that crossed the Atlantic first (albeit by island hopping)!.

?The first aircraft to fly the Atlantic!. There were three of these NC-4's which started across the Atlantic in May 1919 for Europe but only the NC-4 piloted by LCDR!. A!. C!. Read completed the crossing!. The flight began at Trepassey, New Foundland on May 16, 1919 and after 17 hours the NC-4 arrived at Horta, Azores!. Ten days later it completed the flight arriving at Plymouth, England on May 26, 1919!. ?

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Blunder gave you a very complete answer, however if this is for a school assignment, your teacher is probably looking for the simple answer that it was Charles Lindbergh and the name of his airplane was the Spirit of St!. Louis!.Www@QuestionHome@Com