Irish Airmails: 1935 (September 21) New York-Lithuania record flight attempt – crashed in Co. Mayo
Irish Airmail Cover: In September 1935, Lithuanian pilot Felix Waitkus was forced to make an emergency landing just outside Ballinrobe, Co Mayo. He was the only pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic that year, and the sixth in aviation history. The New York-Kaunas Flight: 1935 Feliksas Vaitkus (Felix Waitkus) was an American-born Lithuanian pilot…