Charles Lindeberg - Spirit of St Louis, Built by Ryan aicraft corparation, 1923
The airplane Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight is called "The Spirit of St. Louis". It is in the Smithsonian Museum, in Washington D.C..
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Charles Lindbergh - May 20-21, 1927
The first pilot flying solo on a nonstop transatlantic flight.
Spirit of St. Louis
Spirit of St. Louis
Spirit of St. Louis
Charles Lindbergh changed the world by making the first solo transatlantic flight. He flew from New York to Paris, France in 1927.
Amelia's first solo was at Kinner Field, LA.
The first transatlantic flight by a woman was completed by Amelia Earhart in June 1928. However, for this journey, she was a passenger because at this time she had no training for the instruments in the aircraft that was flown by Wilmer Stultz. The first solo transatlantic flight by a woman was also completed by Amelia Earhart on May 20, 1932. The first transatlantic flight by a woman that was flown from Europe to America (instead of the other way, as Earhart had done) was completed by Beryl Markham on September 4-5, 1936.
The First friendship flight, a Foker trimotor with floats-She functioned as a Forward Observer, did not actually or at least officially pilot the craft. on the other hand she mad a solo flight in l932 in a Lockheed Vega, also named the Friendship.
l927. This was the first solo flight successfully completed, but not the first manned Transatlantic flight, as there were two Zeppelins and the Douglas World Cruisers ( l924) which were crew-manned. Ripley pointed this out.