The Spirit of St. Louis was the first plane to fly across the Atlantic Ocean with only one pilot. The brave pilot of this plane was named Charles A. Lindbergh. He had been in the air mail service for twenty years before his historic flight in 1927. The Spirit of St. Louis made a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, France. The Spirit made the flight in 33 hours 31 minutes and came to Paris with hoards of cheering people.
Some jets can exceed the speed of sound.
These jets are some of the most advanced aircraft yet. The Concorde is the only supersonic passenger jet, it's maximum speed is about 1,340 mph. The military has several supersonic planes. NASA's plan to get to the moon had three steps, Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. Apollo 1 was calamity when, during training in January 1967, a spark in the craft caused a fireball and killed all three astronauts.