Publisher's Synopsis
Each book in this series tells the story of a famous journey of exploration. This book describes experiments in early flight, focusing on the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown. It also describes other flights of historical importance made in the early 20th century, including the first solo crossing of the Atlantic, made by Charles Lindberg in 1927. The author also wrote "The Travels of Marco Polo".