In a previous article, Jose said:
Several flights were made across the Atlantic prior to Lindburg.
Lucky Lindy was first to fly solo and everyone remembers his name but
no one remembers the names of prior fliers.

I think the issue was that Lindberg flew it nonstop.

No, because Alcott and Brown did it nonstop in 1919. The difference was
that
a) they weren't solo and
b) they went Gander Nfld to Ireland versus New York to Paris

Lindberg was significant in the grand scheme of things because he went
from one significant city to another, paving the way for commercial
flights.

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