Adventure



First man to fly solo non stop across the Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh(1927)

First person to fly faster than the speed of sound
Charles Elwood Chuck Yeagar, he flew a Bell X-1 rocket at 670 mph in level flight (1947)

First man to reach the South Pole
Roald AMun-dse, Norwegian explorer and team (1911)

First person to swim across the English channel
Mathew Webb(1875)

First person to cross AntarcticCircle
James Cook (1773)

First humans to fly
Marquis d’Arlandes and Pilatre de Rozier. In this first manned balloon flight in the world they were airborne in a hot-air balloon for 20 minutes in Paris at height of 3000 ft and traveled 7 miles (1783)

First balloonist to fly solo nonstop around the world
Steve Fossett, U.S. He launched from northern, West Australia, on June 19 and returned to Qeensland, Australia, after 14 days, 19hrs. He broke three balloon records along the way, fastest time around the world, longest distance flown solo, and longest time flown solo(2002)

First man to cross the Pacific Ocean in hot air balloon
Ben Abruzzo and team in the Double Eagle V (1981)

First people to sight the North Pole
Roald Amundsen and his sponsor Lincoln Ellsworth from the airship ‘Norge’ pioloted by Umberto Nobile (1926)

First people to reach the North Pole
Lt.Col.Joseph O. Fletcher and Lt.William P.Benedict landed their plane (1952)