Spirit of St. Louis
First solo transatlantic
The Spirit of St.
Louis was the single-engine monoplane Charles Lindbergh flew on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, from New York to Paris in May 1927.
The name honored Lindbergh's financial backers in St.
Louis.
The aircraft now hangs in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
- airplanePowered flying machine
- single engineOne propulsion unit only
- transatlanticSpanning the ocean between continents
- nonstop flightAir journey without landing
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
Lindbergh · Paris · solo · aviator · flying ace · propeller · monoplane · 1927 · cockpit · Atlantic · courage · hero · air mail · Ryan · wingspan · fuel · endurance · navigation
- 1920s AmericaCharles Lindbergh, Jazz Age, flappers, transatlantic flight, Prohibition
- Aviation HistoryWright Brothers, Wright Flyer, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, first flight
- 1920s aviationbarnstorming, biplanes, airmail, Lindbergh, wing walking
- SmithsonianNational Zoo, Natural History Museum, Hope Diamond, Wright Flyer, Apollo 11
- transportation legendsFlying Dutchman, Titanic, Orient Express, ghost ships, Hindenburg
- voyagesvoyage, sea voyage, cruise, passage, crossing
Spirit of St. LouisHindenburg
Ill-fated German dirigible
Icarus · Hindenburg disaster · Titanic · Challenger · Columbia
Spirit of St. LouisBoeing 747
Large four-engine airliner
Airbus A380 · jumbo jet · passenger liner · ocean liner · Queen Mary
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