Epic Adventure Epic Flights - Epic Adventures Author:Von Hardesty The first people to fly did so in hot-air balloons. Some 120 years later, theWright brothers? heavier-than-air flying machine made powered, controlled flight possible. Ever since, aviators have aspired to fly faster, farther, and higher. Charles Lindbergh set the world alight with his nonstop flight across — the Atlantic. Amy Johnson won hearts a... more »nd acclaim flying solo from England to Australia in a small biplane. With advances in rocketry, a new era dawned. The world watched in awe as the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon. The Voyager claimed the last major record for fixed-wing aircraft, flying nonstop around the world. And aviation's last major record was set when the Breitling Orbiter 3 pilots flew their balloon nonstop around the world.« less