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The Spirit of St. Louis (formally the Ryan NYP, registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing monoplane that Charles Lindbergh flew on May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France, for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize.
The Spirit of St. Louis Air Show returned to the airport, May 3–4, 2014, after being absent since 2007. It featured an interactive STEM Expo and a Veteran's Village. The US Navy Blue Angels headlined the event.
The Spirit of St. Louis was not built by the final Ryan Aeronautical entity. [9] The new company's first aircraft was the S-T Sport Trainer, [10] a low-wing tandem-seat monoplane with a 95 hp (71 kW) Menasco B-4 Pirate straight-4 engine.
The air show will return to Mather Airport for the weekend of March 22 and 23. The team’s return to Mather Airport will mark the California Capital Airshow’s 19th year in the Sacramento area.
Spirit of St. Louis replica inside the airport. Prior to the development of the airport, the area was a delta river outlet for the San Diego River into San Diego Bay, which was then re routed to terminate to the Pacific Ocean parallel to Mission Bay. [14]
"The Many Splendid Spirits of St. Louis." Air Progress, Volume 20, No. 6, June 1967. Cassagneres, Ev. The Untold Story of the Spirit of St. Louis: From the Drawing Board to the Smithsonian. New Brighton, Minnesota: Flying Book International, 2002. ISBN 0-911139-32-X. Hall, Nova. Spirit and Creator: The Mysterious Man Behind Lindbergh's Flight ...
Spirit of St. Louis replica (Spirit 3 was built after the 1978 fire) Curtiss A-1 Triad; Montgomery 1911 Evergreen glider; General Atomics MQ-1 Predator UAV (tail number 0018) Ryan Firebee; Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk (1/2 scale model) 1902 Wright Glider (reproduction) Wright Flyer (reproduction, currently not on display) Vin Fiz Flyer ...
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