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The Spirit of St. Louis. In 1919 Raymond Orteig, a Frenchman who owned the Brevoort and Lafayette hotels in New York City, made the fledgling flying world an extraordinary offer. Enthralled by ...
The Spirit of St. Louis. The Spirit of St. Louis is a wonderful plane. It’s like a living creature, gliding along smoothly, happily, as though a successful flight means as much to it as to me, as though we shared our experiences together, each feeling beauty, life, and death as keenly, each dependent on the other’s loyalty.
The film details earlier events in Lindbergh's aerial career, including his stints as a stunt pilot and a flight instructor, but it focuses largely on his dangerous journey over the Atlantic Ocean in his signature monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. Battling the elements and sleep deprivation, Lindbergh struggles to make a safe landing in France.
Director: Billy Wilder Writers: Billy Wilder, Wendell Mayes, Charles Lederer Starring: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Charles Watts, Aaron Spelling » See full cast & crew.
The Spirit of St. Louis. 1957. 2 hr 18 mins. Drama, Action & Adventure. NR. Watchlist. A re-creation of Charles A. Lindbergh's nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927. The film was ...
From the Vault: Flying the Spirit of St. Louis. From EAA's archives: Learn about Charles Lindbergh's journey in the Spirit of St. Louis in a nonstop flight from New York, to Paris, France. We also explore EAA's Spirit of St. Louis replica and what it's like to fly this unique airplane.
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Celebrate the historic May 20, 1927 flight of "The Spirit of St. Louis" with screen legend Jimmy Stewart ("It's a Wonderful Life," "The Philadelphia Story") as aerial legend Charles Lindbergh. Writer-director Billy Wilder ("Some Like It Hot," "Double Indemnity") brings a lavish, suspense-filled recounting of Lindbergh's historic trip from New York to Paris, the first non-stop solo flight ...
