This egg-shaped monument in Ireland is one of the most important aviation sites in the world

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This egg-shaped monument in Ireland is one of the most important aviation sites in the world - CNN

Roughly 2,500 transatlantic flights soar through the skies each day, whisking passengers over the ocean in less than six hours.

On super-smooth Airbus A330s and spacious Boeing 777s, passengers take travel across the Atlantic for granted, and it's easy to forget where it all began.

June 15, 2019, marks 100 years since British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight.

A world away from today's smooth runways and supermodern airport, the duo touched down in the picturesque-but-peaty Derrigimlagh Bog, in County Galway in the west of Ireland.
 
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