Southern Cross (aircraft) - Wikipedia

I was just curious, if you could possibly elaborate on that aspect of the USCG flights before Lindbergh...not the specifics, certainly of who, obviously, however, knowing even the generalities would clearly be of interest...I'm assuming for on your description that the whole thing was never documented per se, I gather...I'd be curious if it were in the course of their normal work for rescues, or if it had been an organized effort to do a trans-Atlantic flight, in point of fact...whatever you could relate, I'd clearly find of interest, by all means, no rush, I was just interested in the whole idea from how you'd phrased it, honest....

For six months or more, i've been presenting the history of the USCG on a day-by-day basis. Somewhere,towards the beginning, my posting for the day included the short, not very informative news clip about two US Cutter Service pilots who flew non-stop across the Atlantic, from west to east. I don't recall the names, but they were mentioned. And that's pretty much all there was to it. I realize Lindy did make the crossing solo, but still, he apparently wasn't the first to cross it non-stop. I only mentioned it here because this is a glaring example of selective story-telling. These Coasties did not rise to the level of importance, et al, as did Lindbergh.