October 11, 1927 Ruth Elder (1902-1977) and her co-pilot George W. Haldeman (1898-1982) took off from Long Island’s Roosevelt Field in a yellow Stinson Detroiter monoplane named American Girl for what was supposed to be the longest transatlantic flight to date.  Elder and Haldeman, both of whom are depicted in the accompanying photo, planned to … Continue reading 1927: The Start of a Transatlantic Flight that Did Not Reach Its Planned Destination but Still Managed to Set a Couple of World Records