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Lindbergh Flies the Spirit of St. Louis Solo Across the Atlantic

Lindbergh Flies the Spirit of St. Louis Solo Across the Atlantic

05/20/1927 - 05/21/1927

Aéroport de Paris–Le Bourget, Paris, France

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Orteig Prize
Charles Lindbergh
Le Bourget
Ryan NYP
Spirit of St. Louis

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Happened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: 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."

Start: May 20, 192790% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
End: May 21, 192790% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Lindbergh Flies the Spirit of St. Louis Solo Across the Atlantic

Charles Lindbergh flew the Ryan NYP from Roosevelt Airfield on Long Island to Le Bourget in Paris, 3,600 miles in 33 hours and 30 minutes, the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. It won him the $25,000 Orteig Prize.

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]

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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]

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_St._Louis
en.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 Aircraft
airandspace.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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