The White Bird has Landed

Two weeks before Charles Lindbergh's historic transatlantic flight two Frenchmen attempted the same thing going the other way. World War I ace, Charles Nungesser, along with navigator Francois Coli took off from the aerodrome that Lindbergh would later land at aboard their plane "The White Bird". If all had gone well they would have landed in New York Harbor at the Statue of Liberty.

If all had gone well, what other changes take place? Its said that Lindbergh would have tried to be the first to cross the Pacific if beaten across the Atlantic. Does this butterfly away Amelia Earheart's attempt?

What effect does not having Lindbergh's success do to American Aviation?

What does Nungesser & Coli's success do for French aviation?

Is America less isolationist without Lindbergh being famous?

Would Lindbergh become famous anyway? Crossing the Pacific or something else?

Does an inspired French nation have a better airforce when World War II breaks out?

Finally, in the dance of the Butterflies, If Lindbergh is not famous, his child is never kidnapped. No "Crime of the Century". Does Norman Schwartzekopf not having this case to deal with deal with somehow butterfly away Norman Schwartzekopf, Jr? Having more time to spend with his wife Norman, Jr is born earlier or perhaps is born Norma?
Perhaps not having that big case leads to Schwartzekopf senior never leaving the police and rejoining the army and his son becomes a leading police officer instead of Army general. Attorney General Schwartzekopf, Jr?



Gentlemen, Your thoughts
 
Alcock and Brown flew the Atlantic, from Newfoundland to Ireland, in 1919. Nungesser and Coli are flying from France to the US. Lindbergh is flying solo.

Which of these things is not like the others?
 
Alcock and Brown flew the Atlantic, from Newfoundland to Ireland, in 1919. Nungesser and Coli are flying from France to the US. Lindbergh is flying solo.

Which of these things is not like the others?

Nungesser and Coli flew east to west, into a headwind, unlike all the others.

Had Harry Hawker been successful, would it have become more popular to drop your undercart after take-off?
 

AndyC

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Alcock and Brown flew the Atlantic, from Newfoundland to Ireland, in 1919. Nungesser and Coli are flying from France to the US. Lindbergh is flying solo.

Which of these things is not like the others?

Alcock and Brown. Because no-one had ever flown across the Atlantic before. They were first.
 
Thanks for the History lesson, I had never heard of Alcock & Brown (or Albert Cushing Read for that matter) until you mentioned them.

The main questions of my post go unanswered so a quick switch to "What if Lindbergh & Nungesser & Coli's fates had been reversed in Spring 1927?"
 
Wiki has answered your question in an agreeable fashion. And Chamberlin may have become famous for making the crossing solo with a passenger and landing with his wheels on, safely. The ramifications of a non-famous Lindbergh are mostly a reduction in the sale of newspapers, and one less dance to learn. There were other heroes.
 
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