Who created the engines used in the aircraft of the aviator who completed the first solo transatlantic flight?
Frederick Rentschler Frederick Brant Rentschler (November 8, 1887 – April 25, 1956) was an American aircraft engine designer, aviation engineer, industrialist, and the founder of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. Rentschler created and manufactured many revolutionary aircraft engines, including those used in the aircraft of Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and James Doolittle. He is also a co-founder of United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, the predecessor of United Technologies Corporation.
1937 Istres–Damascus–Paris Air Race In 1937 a transatlantic race was proposed to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's pioneering solo flight from New York to Parus. There were twenty-two entrants, but there was resistance in the United States because any accidents might create a bad impression of the nascent transatlantic passenger services.