Complex sentence: Jim Mollison flies a de Havilland Puss Moth from England to Brazil, via Senegal, across the South Atlantic Ocean, making him the first person to fly solo across both the North and South Atlantic.
Split into simpler sentences: Jim Mollison flies a de Havilland Puss Moth from the United Kingdom to Brazil, via Senegal, across the South Atlantic Ocean. He becomes the first person to fly solo across both the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic.