Milestones of Air Transport

• First Air-mail service

  • 20 February 1911
  • Allahabad to Aligarh, across The Ganges

• First Trans-Atlantic Flight

  • 21 May 1927
  • Charles Lindberg on Spirit of St. Louis
  • 5810 KM, 33.5 hours, one 233 HP engine

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