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- May 20, 192790% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- May 21, 192790% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Lindbergh Flies the Spirit of St. Louis Solo Across the Atlantic
- Lindbergh flew the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing Ryan NYP on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, 20–21 May 1927.[1]
- He took off from Roosevelt Airfield in Garden City, New York, and landed 33 hours and 30 minutes later at Aéroport Le Bourget in Paris, about 3,600 miles.[1]
- The flight won the $25,000 Orteig Prize.[1]
- As a nonstandard design it was registered N-X-211, the "X" for experimental; it is on permanent display at the National Air and Space Museum.[1]
Notable features
- The aircraft was designed by Donald A. Hall and built by Ryan Airlines in San Diego, loosely based on the company’s 1926 Ryan M-2 mailplane but with a 4,000-mile range.[1]
- It was powered by a 223 hp (166 kW) nine-cylinder, air-cooled Wright J-5C Whirlwind radial engine, had a 46 ft (14 m) wingspan and a top speed of 133 mph (214 km/h).[1]
- Five tanks held 450 US gallons (1,700 L) of fuel; the main and forward tanks sat ahead of the pilot, so there was no front windshield and a periscope gave forward vision.[1]
- To save fuel it was heavily streamlined, with struts faired in balsa and sheet aluminium and the engine cowling faired into the fuselage; it weighed 2,150 lb (975 kg) empty and 5,135 lb (2,329 kg) at maximum take-off.[1]
References 285% CONFIDENCE
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- [1]90%en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_St._Louisen.wikipedia.org· Posted Sep 21, 2026· Starts May 20, 1927 ✓· Ends May 21, 1927 ✓· 50% of score
Happened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org: the aircraft is the one "Charles Lindbergh flew on May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France."
- [2]80%Garber’s Thirteen Famous Aircraftairandspace.si.edu· Added Sep 21, 2026· 50% of score
The National Air and Space Museum’s account of the Ryan NYP, giving the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight, New York to Paris, on 20–21 May 1927.[1]
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