"Peter Stickney" wrote in message
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The first non-stop flight between North America and the U.K. The
NC-4's final destination was Southampton.


The Daily Mail prize did not require a non-stop flight, but it did require
that any intermediate stoppage be made only on water. The NC-4 didn't
qualify for the Daily mail prize because it stopped at Horta and Lisbon. It
wouldn't have qualified even if it hadn't stopped in the Azores, as the
Daily Mail prize required a flight between any point in the US, Canada, or
Newfoundland and any point in Great Britain or Ireland.