Spirit of St. Louis
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Spirit of St. Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis is a custom-built airplane flown by
Charles Lindbergh
that made the first non-stop solo
trans-Atlantic flight
on
20 May
and
21 May
1927
. This was also the first non-stop flight from
New York
to
Paris
, for which Lindbergh won the $25,000
Orteig Prize
.Lindbergh took off from
Roosevelt Airfield
in
Long Island
,
New York
and made a successful touchdown at the
Le Bourget Aerodrome
in
Paris
,
France
. The flight lasted 33 hours, 30 minutes and 29.8 seconds. Lindbergh was the 104th person to fly the Atlantic.
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