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Charles Lindbergh was the first person to do a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Roosevelt Field, NY. (Long Island) to Le Bourget Field in Paris France.
At 7:52 A.M., May 20, 1927 Charles departed Long Island USA, 33.5 hours later landed in Paris France. First trans-Atlantic flight.
Charles A. Lindbergh made history on May 27, 1927 when he embarked on the first transatlantic flight in his airplane, called the Spirit of St. Louis. He took off from Long Island in New York and landed in Paris, France 33 and a half hours later.
Non-stop flight of over 3,600 miles from Long Island, NY to Paris, France in 1927 aboard "Spirit of St. Louis".
Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic from New York to Paris in his plane, Spirit of St. Louis. The flight took 33 hours to complete.
Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic from New York to Paris in his plane, Spirit of St. Louis.The fleight took 33 hours to complete.
May 20, 1927- Long Island to Paris, did it because of a 25,000 for the first flight between New York and Paris
Lindbergh's solo flight from New York (actually Long Island) to Paris popularized the idea of flight. He also pioneered many routes that were later used by commercial airlines. Earhart took it as an inspiration and tried to equal Lindbergh's achievements.
Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Fields, in Long Island New York and landed in La Bourget field in Paris flying a plane which was surplus from WWI, a Curtis Jenny. The plane was titled "The Spirit of Saint Louis".
The airplane named Spirit of St. Louis was flown from Roosevelt Field in Garden City, Long Island, a few miles east of New York City, to Le Bourget Field in Paris by Charles "Lucky Lindy" Lindbergh.
"On May 20, 1927 the Spirit of St. Louis, piloted by Charles A. Lindbergh left Long Island. 33 1/2 hours later, after covering 3,600 nautical miles or 6,667 kilometers Charles Lindbergh landed safely in Paris."
33 hrs from New York's Roosevelt Field to Paris