The aluminum cowling that covered the nine-cylinder Wright J-5C engine bore a jewel-like “engine-turned” finish and the name of the plane—Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh furnished the plane ...

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Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.

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Other exhibits include a replica of the Spirit of St. Louis, honoring Minnesotan Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 solo transatlantic flight. The replica was previously displayed at Minneapolis-St. Paul ...

Charles A. Lindbergh of the United States Army Air Service, whom the press had dubbed “Lucky Lindy,” had flown his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to ...

The former airmail carrier set a new distance record for the 33.5-hour, 3,600-mile trip in his plane, the “Spirit of St. Louis.” Though “Lucky Lindy” was credited with sparking a “Lindbergh Boom” for ...