Title: The flying firsts of Walter Hinton
Description: "Although Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean is considered by many to be the first step to today's space program, 91 men had crossed the Atlantic by air before him. Walter Hinton was a pilot on the first plane, a four-engine, Navy-Curtiss flying boat with a crew of six, in May 1919"--
Subjects: Competitions, Aeronautics, Military Air pilots, Transatlantic flights, NC-4 (Aircraft), Aviation, United States. Navy, United States, Biography, History, Aeronautics, history
Places: United States
People: Walter Hinton (1888 or 9-1981)
Time periods: 20th century