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The first trans-Atlantic flight? Lindbergh seems the obvious answer. But that would be wrong.

Yes, Charles A. Lindbergh belongs in the history books — for the first nonstop, solo flight across the Atlantic.

But note the words nonstop and solo. Lindbergh was not the first aviator to cross the Atlantic Ocean. His record-setting achievement was flying to Europe alone in the cockpit without stopping.

So, who got there first? Six Navy and Coast Guard crewmen in 1919, eight years before him. Their mammoth seaplane, known as the NC-4, left Rockaway Beach in Queens 100 years ago Wednesday.