953 nut 65,941 #1 Posted 12 hours ago 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 12,078 #2 Posted 10 hours ago ...in a Ford Tri-Motor. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 8,808 #3 Posted 9 hours ago 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 16,537 #4 Posted 8 hours ago 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
Beap52 2,246 #6 Posted 1 hour ago 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 65,941 #7 Posted 16 minutes ago 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
