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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 ...
318. "WE" is an autobiographical account by Charles A. Lindbergh (1902–1974) about his life and the events leading up to and including his May 1927 New York to Paris solo trans-Atlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis, a custom-built, single engine, single-seat Ryan monoplane (Registration: N-X-211). It was first published on July 27, 1927 ...
Little Falls/Morrison County Airport. / 45.94972°N 94.34750°W / 45.94972; -94.34750. Little Falls/Morrison County Airport ( ICAO: KLXL, FAA LID: LXL ), also known as Lindbergh Field, is a public airport located two miles (3 km) south of the central business district of Little Falls, a city in Morrison County, Minnesota, United States.
In October 1925, eighteen-year-old Corrigan saw people paying to be taken for short rides in a Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" biplane near his home. He paid $2.50 (equivalent to $43 in 2023) for his own ride. A week later, he began flying lessons, spending non-flying time watching and learning from local aircraft mechanics.
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.
Buffalo, Wyoming. / 44.34250°N 106.71389°W / 44.34250; -106.71389. Buffalo is a city in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States. The city is located almost equidistant between Yellowstone Park and Mount Rushmore. The population was 4,415 at the 2020 census, [ 3] down from 4,585 at the 2010 census.
This week, explore a lunar cave that could shelter astronauts, meet pups having nips and tucks, marvel at a nearly pristine fossil of an ancient shark, and more.
Added to NRHP. 1989-10-25. Charles A. Lindbergh State Park is a 569-acre (2.3 km 2) Minnesota state park on the outskirts of Little Falls. The park was once the farm of Congressman Charles August Lindbergh and his son Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator. Their restored 1906 house and two other farm buildings are within the park boundaries.