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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 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.
Donald Albert Hall (December 7, 1898 – May 2, 1968) was an American pioneering aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer who is most famous for having designed the Spirit of St. Louis. Hall was also part of the three-person team that discovered that the crack of a bullwhip is a sonic boom .
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 ...
The air show will return to Mather Airport for the weekend of March 22 and 23. The Blue Angels last performed at the airshow in 2019, said spokesperson Lindsey Nelson. Sacramento will be the ...
"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 ...
San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico SGN: VVTS: Tan Son Nhat International Airport: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: SGO: YSGE: St George Airport [1] St George, Queensland, Australia SGP: YSHG: Shay Gap Airport [1] Shay Gap, Western Australia, Australia SGQ: WRLA: Sangkimah Airport [1] Sangatta, Indonesia: SGR: KSGR: Sugar Land Regional Airport
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