Hans Wolfgang von Gronau (25 February 1893 - 17 March 1977) was a German aviation pioneer. A Dornier Wal. On 18 August 1930 von Gronau flew on a transatlantic flight on a Dornier Wal --the old D-1422 flying boat that Amundsen had flown earlier. He took off from Sylt (Germany) through Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and Labrador, reaching New York City after covering 7,520 km in 47 flight hours

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