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21st Jun 2014, 05:19

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The flight of Lindbergh was replicated. So, there is evidence the plane could really cross the Atlantic flying non stop, from continental North America to continental Europe.
see: Wright-Bellanca WB-2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia