Non-Stop, New York-to-Paris by bmac62

Photography • Aviation • posted on May 01, 2017

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Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" was flown 3,600 miles to Paris in 33 hours, 30 minutes during May 20-21, 1927. Today the Ryan NYP hangs from the ceiling of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum where it has been on permanent display since 1976. Prior to that it hung for 48 years (1928-1976) in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building. Lindbergh wrote after his flight, "I was astonished at the effect my successful landing in France had on the nations of the world. It was like a match lighting a bonfire." My reaction to seeing it the other day? "Wow, that's the real thing!." Zoom worthy...the photo...not the plane:)

Comments (14)

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awjay

4:08PM | Mon, 01 May 2017

excellent

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

6:18PM | Mon, 01 May 2017

Nice one Bill. I remember the movie now with Jimmy Stewart playing the part of Lindbergh :)

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Faemike55

9:50PM | Mon, 01 May 2017

just too cool for words! A classic

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auntietk

10:24PM | Mon, 01 May 2017

Nice shot! Ummm ... what happened to the wingtips and the tail? !!! :D :D :D

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giulband

12:11AM | Tue, 02 May 2017

Wonderful documentation of the famous Lindberg's airplane !!

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blinkings

2:16AM | Tue, 02 May 2017

WOW what a famous old bird! Have you watched "Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby" on Netflix. Very interesting doco,...and casts Lindbergh himself in a very strange light to say the least. Thanks for posting this Bill.

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T.Rex

2:58AM | Tue, 02 May 2017

Nice photo despite being a bit cramped. This was my first plane model at age 6. I got a lot of fun mileage out of it. Sadly, it fell apart like several of my other early models due to DuCo Cement. This was before my parents discovered plastic cement. I remember the film very well. Lindberg's last comment "I hate those blow torched fishes you have for lunch!" cracked me up. Thanks for reminding me. Keep up the good work! :-)

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