1927: Charles Lindbergh

Posted By on Apr 26, 2011 |


Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. This is the ocean between America and Europe.
His flight, from New York to Paris, took 33 hours and 30 minutes. Lindbergh had to stay awake the whole way.
Being “solo”, there was no one else onboard who could fly the plane while he had a sleep. If he had fallen asleep he would have crashed into the ocean.
Here is some actual footage of the flight…

Charles Lindbergh

  • 1927: Trans-Atlantic
    (New York to Paris)
    First solo non-stop
    (33 hours 30 minutes)


Lindy’s plane, a Ryan NYP monoplane
he named “Spirit of St. Louis”

References

Charles Lindbergh (Wikipedia)
Spirit of St Louis (Wikipedia)
Lindbergh Bio (Lindbergh Foundation)
Lindbergh American Aviator
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Author: Roger Codger

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