30 July 1914

On 30 July 1914, Lt. Tryggve Gran became the first pilot to cross the North Sea. Taking off in his Blériot XI-2 monoplane, Ca Flotte, from Cruden Bay, Scotland, Gran landed 4 hrs 10 min later at Jæren, near Stavanger, Norway, after a flight of 465 kilometres (289 mi).