He flew nonstop from New York to Paris in 1927 and became the most notable news hero of the 1920s

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Floyd Collins was a cave explorer who became trapped in a cave in 1925 and died before he could be rescued. Jack Dempsey was a notable boxer of the 1920s, but he did not fly nonstop from New York to Paris. John Scopes was a high school teacher who was put on trial for teaching evolution in 1925, but he did not have any connection to flying or aviation. Charles A Lindbergh, on the other hand, famously completed the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, earning him the title of "Lone Eagle" and making him a hero in the eyes of the world.

He Flew Nonstop from New York to Paris in 1927