WindOnHisNose
BENEFACTOR
Lino Lakes MN (MY18)
We just finished watching "Spirit of St. Louis", the movie with Jimmy Stewart portraying Charles Lindbergh (who grew up in Minnesota) and his epic flight from New York, departing on May 20, 1927, to Paris. We began watching it last evening, on May 20, became too tired to finish it, went to bed, woke up early and took on yard work all day, ate two meals, sat down and finished the movie 24 hours later. Lindbergh still had several hours to go. Solo. Single engine airplane.
It took him 33 hours 30 minutes to make that flight, traveling 3610 miles. That comes out to 107.8 mph...just a bit faster than my Super Cub. Imagine the feat this was, not only in terms of aircraft design, but also in terms of human performance and persistence!
Charles Lindbergh may have later become politically controversial, but his first flight over the Atlantic Ocean was very remarkable, setting the stage for amazing things to follow.
Here's saluting a remarkable event, and a remarkable individual.
Oh, yeah, he did it without GPS...dead reckoning!
Randy
It took him 33 hours 30 minutes to make that flight, traveling 3610 miles. That comes out to 107.8 mph...just a bit faster than my Super Cub. Imagine the feat this was, not only in terms of aircraft design, but also in terms of human performance and persistence!
Charles Lindbergh may have later become politically controversial, but his first flight over the Atlantic Ocean was very remarkable, setting the stage for amazing things to follow.
Here's saluting a remarkable event, and a remarkable individual.
Oh, yeah, he did it without GPS...dead reckoning!
Randy