I used to know the answer to this one, but I can't remember. I do remember it was a seaplane, so technically, they didn't actually land on the opposite continent.<br /><br />Mr Lindbergh's flight was, of course, the first <i>non-stop</i> flight. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />*reads the article*<br /><br />Ah yes, and I'd forgotten about the nonstop flight to Ireland that predated Lindbergh's flight to Paris. So Lindbergh was the first to reach the European mainland. It's a good article; that trip must've been harrowing, as evidenced by the fact that only one of the four that set out actually made it all the way. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em> -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>