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18 August
18 August
1932
94 years ago

Westbound Across the Atlantic

Scottish pilot Jim Mollison, at the controls of a de Havilland Puss Moth high-wing monoplane, made the first solo east-to-west flight across the Atlantic, taking off from Portmarnock, Ireland, and landing at Pennfield Ridge, Canada.