953 nut 66,044 #1 Posted Wednesday at 11:01 AM May 20, 1927 At 7:40 AM, Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris aboard the Spirit of St. Louis in the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. 4 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,100 #2 Posted Wednesday at 01:55 PM ...in a Ford Tri-Motor. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 8,827 #3 Posted Wednesday at 02:00 PM 3 minutes ago, ri702bill said: ...in a Ford Tri-Motor. Production of the Tri-Motor started 100 years ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 16,590 #4 Posted Wednesday at 03:16 PM 1 hour ago, ri702bill said: ...in a Ford Tri-Motor. Or maybe a loaded-to-the-max Ryan single-engine flying gas tank?! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 31,378 #5 Posted Wednesday at 05:23 PM 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beap52 2,262 #6 Posted Wednesday at 10:45 PM 33 hours and 30 minutes flight time. Charles certainly had a strong incentive to stay awake and alert but I don't know how. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 66,044 #7 Posted Wednesday at 11:39 PM 9 hours ago, ri702bill said: ...in a Ford Tri-Motor. Not that flight, bur Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh were very good friends and he was a part of the engineering team that developed the Tri-Motor. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
