 They left [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St.John's, Newfoundland]] on , 1919 and arrived in Ireland, the following day.Around the same time, French-born New York hotelier [[Raymond Orteig]] was approached by [[Augustus Post]], secretary of the Aero Club of America, and prompted to put up a $25,000 award for the first successful nonstop transatlantic flight specifically between New York City and Paris (in either direction) within five years after its establishment.