Keywords: LT Commander Albert C Read.jpg en LT Commander Albert Cushing Read USN In May 1919 Read commanded a crew of five on the NC-4 Curtiss flying boat the first aircraft ever to make a transatlantic flight eight years before Charles Lindbergh ™s historic solo non-stop flight 1919 Maurer Maurer 1987 Aviation in the US Army 1919-1938 United States Air Force Historical Research Center Office of Air Force History United States Air Force Washington D C United States Air Force other versions PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard United States Navy |