2 1927 newspapers CHARLES LINDBERGH is 1st to FLY SOLO across the ATLANTIC OCEAN

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2 1927 newspapers CHARLES LINDBERGH is 1st to FLY SOLO across the ATLANTIC OCEAN
2 1927 newspapers CHARLES LINDBERGH becomes the 1st to FLY an airplane solo, non-stop across the ATLANTIC OCEAN
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SEE PHOTO(s) - Two (2) COMPLETE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPERs, the
Philadelphia Evening Buletin
(PA)  dated May 20 and 23, 1927. These 2 original newspapers contain front page and inside page coverage of
CHARLES LINDBERGH on his record setting flight to become the first person to FLY an airplane solo, non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean
(New York to Paris, France). Lindbergh's flight in 1927 was heralded worldwide and was thought of in the same light in 1927 as the first men landing on the moon in 1969 !!
Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator who rose to international fame in 1927 after becoming the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean in his monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis. Five years later, Lindbergh’s toddler son was kidnapped and murdered in what many called “the crime of the century.” In the lead-up to World War II, Lindbergh was an outspoken isolationist, opposing American aid to Great Britain in the fight against Nazi Germany. Some accused him of being a Nazi sympathizer. Late in life, Lindbergh became a conservationist, arguing that he would rather have “birds than airplanes.”
Earlier pilots had crossed the Atlantic in stages, but most planes of the era weren’t equipped to carry enough fuel to make the trip without stopping to fuel up. Lindbergh decided, with the backing of several people in St. Louis, to compete for the Orteig Prize—a ,000 reward put up by French hotelier Raymond Orteig for the first person to fly an airplane non-stop from New York to Paris.
Ryan Airlines of San Diego retrofitted one of their Ryan M-2 aircraft for Lindbergh’s flight. The customized plane, dubbed a Ryan NYP (for New York-Paris), had a longer fuselage, a longer wingspan and additional struts to accommodate the weight of extra fuel. The engine powering the plane was a Wright J5-C manufactured by Wright Aeronautical, the aircraft manufacturer founded by the Wright brothers.
Lindbergh had his plane, now named Spirit of St. Louis in honor of his financial backers, custom-built with extra fuel tanks in the plane’s nose and wings. One gas tank, mounted between the engine and the cockpit, blocked Lindbergh’s view through the windshield. Lindbergh had to use instruments to guide him, including a retractable periscope that he could slide out the left-side window for a limited forward view.
Lindbergh, at the age of 25, and the Spirit of St. Louis took off from a muddy runway at Long Island’s Roosevelt Field on the morning of May 20, 1927. He left the plane’s side windows open so that cold air and rain would keep him alert on the 33-1/2 hour flight. The sleep-deprived Lindbergh later reported he had hallucinated about ghosts during the flight.
Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis landed safely at Paris’ Le Bourget airfield on May 21, 1927. An ecstatic crowd of some 150,000 people had gathered at the French airfield to witness the historic moment.
As the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic—and the first person to make the trip solo—Lindbergh became an instant worldwide celebrity. One wag reportedly said that crowds were “behaving as though Lindbergh had walked on water, not flown over it.”
He was given a ticker tape parade in New York City—an estimated 4 million people came out that day to see the young hero. Lindbergh won several awards and medals of honor from the United States, France and other countries.
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