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The Big Hop: The first flight across the Atlantic and the ordinary heroes who risked their lives for it by David Rooney crossword 'One of our country's greatA non stop flight across the Atlantic might seem routine today. But it is only possible because of those who went first. Newfoundland, 1919. Buffeted by winds, an unwieldy aircraft made mainly from wood and stiff linen struggled to take off from the North American islands rocky slopes. Cramped side by side in its open cockpit were two men, freezing cold and barely able to move, but resolute. They had a dream: to be the first in human history to fly,