Who Is The best Pilot In The World

Charles Lindbergh

Country: United States of America Lived: 1902 – 1974

Charles Lindbergh’s claim to fame is because of the fact that he performed the first, transatlantic, solo flight on May, 20, 1927. Lindbergh or ‘Lucky Lindy’ took part in this flight to win a $25,000 prize that Raymond Orteig, a hotel owner, offered for the first aviator to fly from New York to Paris non-stop. Charles flew the Spirit of St Louis, a custom-built monoplane, from Long Island, to Le Bourget Field just outside Paris, France in only 33.5 hours to be the victor in this challenge. His route was straight across the Atlantic Ocean at a distance of 3600 miles!