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bucking the odds

Günther von Hünefeld, James Fitzmaurice, and Hermann Köhl sign autographs in New York after becoming the first to fly across the Atlantice, east to west. April 30, 1928.

They were an unlikely team.

Two had flown biplanes for Kaiser Bill in the Great War and the third was an Irish RAF ace who had fought against them.

The Germans spoke no En…

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