In article .net,
"Steven P. McNicoll" writes:

"Peter Stickney" wrote in message
...

And that was also, in fact, the Big Deal behind teh Orteig Prize.
Transatlantic flights had been done for nearly a decade before
Lindberg (Or Byrd, or Nungesser & Coli, ir Wooster) entered into the
picture.


The Orteig prize was not for the first transatlantic flight, it was for the
first non-stop flight between New York City and Paris.

Precisely. I think that _that's_ been clear from the very beginning.
But winning the Orteig Prize also didn't mean that commercial air
travel over the Atlanntic was feasible, either. That took another 10
years.



While not routine, there had been a number of crossings,
but of either so limited value (Alcock & Browm - a great flight, mind,
but so razor-edged that it wasn't in any wise anything but a valiant
first attempt)


Alcock & Brown won the Daily Mail prize with that flight, the first between
North America and the UK.

The first non-stop flight between North America and the U.K. The
NC-4's final destination was Southampton.

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