The first solo flight across the atlantic ocean was by

Charles Lindbergh

On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop flight ever across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927. He flew the plane named the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris.

New York hotel owner Raymond Orteig had offered a $25,000 prize for whomever could complete the first nonstop flight between New York and Paris. Lindbergh got support from investors in St. Louis, and thus named the plane bulit for the purpose the Spirit of St. Louis.

ok, so basically your gonna start with 350 ok. so there's 60 seconds in a minute so that means you he can go up 10 ft per minute. soo, after 3 minutes he should be at 260 ft after three minutes : )

equal area projections

equal-area projection. a projection in which regions on the earth's surface that are of equal area are represented as equal.