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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator and military officer. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for 33.5 hours. His aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis, was designed and built to compete for the ...
Bolling Field was opened 1 July 1918 and was named for Colonel Raynal C. Bolling, the first high-ranking air service officer killed in World War I. Colonel Bolling was the Assistant Chief of the Air Service, and was killed in action near Amiens, France , on 26 March 1918 while defending himself and his driver, Private Paul L. Holder, from ...
Audi Field is a soccer-specific stadium in the Buzzard Point neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the home of the D.C. United, DC Power FC, and Washington Spirit soccer teams, and the DC Defenders American football team. The stadium seats 20,000 people. Previously, D.C. United had explored sites in the Washington metropolitan area.
Lindbergh encouraged the building of the airport and agreed to lend his name to it. [16] The new airport, dedicated on August 16, 1928, was San Diego Municipal Airport – Lindbergh Field, with 140 Navy and 82 Army planes involved in a flyover. The airport was the first federally certified airfield to serve all aircraft types, including seaplanes.
As Boston, they had won their division in 1936 and continued their winning ways in Washington, capturing their first NFL championship in that first season. They continued as perennial contenders all through the war years. Griffith Stadium was the location of 1940 and 1942 NFL Championship Games.
Yates Field House. Categories: Track and field in Washington, D.C. Athletics (track and field) venues in the United States by populated place. Sports venues in Washington, D.C.
Commanders Field is an American football stadium located in Landover, Maryland, 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Washington, D.C. The stadium is the home of the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). From 2004 until 2010, it had the NFL's largest seating capacity at 91,000, with it currently having a capacity of 65,000.
Website. https://airandspace.si.edu. The National Air and Space Museum ( NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States, dedicated to human flight and space exploration . Established in 1946 as the National Air Museum, its main building opened on the National Mall near L'Enfant Plaza in 1976.