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May 21 1927
To be the first person to cross the Atlantic .
Lindbergh's 'Spirit of St.Louis' carried 450 gallons of fuel.
Charles Lindbergh is a hero because he was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean by plane with no stops
The amount of fuel that Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louis used to cross the Atlantic was 450 US gallons. It is also stated that the first flight of the Spirit of St. Louis was on April 28, 1927.
To get to the other side. To be first person to cross Atlantic by plane alone
The first person to be named Time magazine's Man of the Year was Charles Lindbergh, in 1927. Lindbergh was honored for completing the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Charles Lindbergh flew his Ryan monoplane 'Spirit of St Louis', across the Atlantic in May 1927.
20-21 May 1927
Charles Lindbergh made his famous non-stop flight across the Atlantic from May 20 to 21 of 1927. He flew from Roosevelt Field in Garden City, New York to Le Bourget Field in Paris, France.
Charles Lindbergh flew in the Spirit of St. Louis and became the first to cross the Atlantic. The plane today is in the air and space museum in Washington DC.