caption death_date death_place children birth_place birth_date known_for spouse image article_title name
levine in 1927 6 december 1991 washington , d.c. eloyse levine ; and ardith levine polley north adams , massachusetts 17 march 1897 transatlantic flight grace nova levine charlesalbertlevine 01.gif charles a. levine
 charles albert levine
charles a. levine

charles albert levine -lrb- march 17 , 1897 -- december 6 , 1991 -rrb- was the first passenger aboard a transatlantic flight .
he was ready to cross the atlantic to claim the orteig prize but a court battle over who was going to be in the airplane allowed charles lindbergh to leave first .
