Today In History:  17 August  [1922]   --  Walter Hinton leaves New York on a flight to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Walter Hinton (one of the first transatlantic flyers) leaves New York in a H-16 flying boat with four companions on a flight to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marking the first flight from North America to South America.

PHOTO: Curtiss H-16 in U.S. Navy service.

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Photo Attribution:  Public Domain  via Wikimedia.