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Gravity Aided
I don't want to make a transatlantic flight in anything, but Alcott and Brown, 2 British pilots, made the first Transatlantic flight in a fabric covered plane, I believe a Vickers Vimy.
This was actually the first nonstop transatlantic flight. Just two weeks earlier, the US Navy flew a Curtis NC-4 from the US to Portugal (US Navy vessels were strategically placed along the entire route in case of problems!). Good thing, because it had a mechanical and had to stop in the Azores before completing its last leg. However, the Alcock and Brown flight pretty much eclipsed this accomplishment.
And what does this have to do with bicycles? Those early airplanes were just full of bicycle technology. Bare tubes, open wires, all the parts out in the open. Bicycle wheels for landing gear, etc.
Luis