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Charles Lindbergh
Roosevelt Field was the takeoff point for many historic flights in the early history of aviation, including Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo transatlantic flight. [1] It was also used by other pioneering aviators, including Amelia Earhart and Wiley Post .
Spirit of St. Louis
Charles Lindbergh's last pay check as an RAC Air Mail pilot. A Robertson DH-4 used on the CAM-2 Air Mail route. On April 15, 1926, Robertson Aircraft started Contract Air Mail service over route CAM-2 from Lambert Field to Chicago, with stops in Springfield, Illinois and Peoria, Illinois; Charles Lindbergh was employed as chief pilot for the service. [3]
St. Louis Lambert International Airport
Source: FAA, [1] Michigan DOT [2] Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (IATA: AZO, ICAO: KAZO, FAA LID: AZO) is a county-owned public airport in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, US, 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Downtown Kalamazoo. [1] The airport is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of the city of Battle Creek.
Just 57 days after then 25-year old former US Air Mail pilot Charles Lindbergh had completed his historic Orteig Prize-winning first-ever non-stop solo transatlantic flight from New York (Roosevelt Field) to Paris on May 20–21, 1927 in the single-engine Ryan monoplane Spirit of St. Louis, "WE", the first of what would eventually be 15 books Lindbergh would either author or significantly ...