Aug 11, 2021
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4,
1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer,
author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went
from obscurity as a U.S. Air
Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning
the Orteig
Prize for making the first nonstop flight
from New York
City to Paris on May 20–21.
Lindbergh covered the 33+1⁄2-hour,
3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built,
single-engine Ryan monoplane,
the Spirit of St.
Louis. Though the first
non-stop transatlantic flight had been completed eight
years earlier, this was the first solo transatlantic
flight, the first transatlantic flight between two major city
hubs, and the longest transatlantic flight by almost 2,000 miles.
Thus it is widely considered a turning point in world history for
the development and advancement of aviation, ushering in a new era
of transportation between parts of the globe.
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