Of flying fools and blissful aviators A flight from New York to Paris - across the Atlantic Ocean and without a stopover. What happens many times every day today was still a great, life-threatening adventure in 1927. The American pilot Charles Lindbergh embarked on this adventure with his great passion for flying. Hardly anyone believed in him, but he mastered the challenge despite all the problems. It was the flight of his life and continues to inspire aviators to this day.