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Published Date:
Wed, 21 May 2014 18:41:26 +0000
Blog Post Category:
Aviation
Charles Lindbergh
milestones
Milestones of Flight
Spirit of St. Louis
Description:
This, the 87th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s epic solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic in 1927, gives us an opportunity to revisit the diminutive Ryan airplane that carried the twentieth century’s best known aviator into history. The Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis has been in our care since April 30, 1928, when Lindbergh flew&#160; &#160;<a href="http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/wheres-the-r/">...Continue Reading</a>
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