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May 19, 2002 · ON May 1, Erik Lindbergh, grandson of the man who made history by flying solo nonstop from New York to Paris, headed his Lancair Columbia 300 single-engine aircraft over St. John's,...
5:22pm - The Spirit of St. Louis touches down at the Le Bourget Aerodrome, Paris, France. Local time: 10:22pm. Total flight time: 33 hours, 30 minutes, 29.8 seconds. Charles Lindbergh had not slept in 55 hours. Source: The Spirit of St. Louis, by Charles A. Lindbergh
seventy-fifth anniversary of Lindbergh’s nonstop flight from New York to Paris, his grandson, Erik Lindbergh, has decided to retrace his grandfather’s path, recreating the historic...
Local time: 10:22pm. Total flight time: 30 hrs, 30 min. Charles Lindbergh had not slept in 55 hours. Support Provided by: Learn More. On May 20, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh left Long Island's...
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Spirit of St. Louis, airplane in which Charles Lindbergh made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from Long Island, New York, to Le Bourget, near Paris, May 20–21, 1927. His flight was sponsored by a group of businessmen in St. Louis, Missouri.
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May 22, 2021 · Specifically, May 21st, 1927, saw Charles Lindbergh fly his way into the history books by completing the world's first-ever solo transatlantic flight. Let's take a look at Lindbergh's life and achievements, including, of course, his historic New York City-Paris flight 94 years ago.
May 20, 2019 · On the evening of May 21, Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis touched down at the Le Bourget airfield in Paris, after flying a total distance of 3,610 miles in 33.5 hours. A global celebrity was born. How did he do it? A former barnstormer and airmail pilot, Lindbergh was no rookie aviator.
