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Contrary to what many people think, Charles Lindbergh, flying The Spirit of St. Louis, was
not the first to fly the Atlantic. He was the first to fly solo in 1927 but British aviators Alcock &
Brown beat him to in by flying the Atlantic in a modified WWI Vickers Vimy bomber in 1919.
They flew from Newfoundland to Ireland. The three The Whisky Connoisseur Scotches were
th
made for the 90 Anniversary in 2009.

On the right is The Spirit of St. Louis from
Bottles Beautiful / Famous Firsts (same
company). It was also issued by McCormick
who had the gold sample bottle made but
never put it into production.

Winnie Mae is a famous aircraft from the
1930’s. Again, it was not the first to do
something but it did it much more efficiently.
Things had moved on greatly by 1930 and this
Lockheed 5C Vega was a 7 seat passenger
aircraft. This circumnavigated the globe in a little
less than 9 days in 1931. The original around the
world flight was in 1924. Eight U.S. Army Air
Service pilots and mechanics in four airplanes
completed the journey in 175 days after making
74 stops!

The bottle on the right
is the one you
commonly see. This is
from Bottles Beautiful /
Famous Firsts. The version on the left, and the one on the next

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