Lindbergh, Charles Augustus

Lindbergh, Charles Augustus (1902-74), American airman.

Charles Lindbergh made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris on 20-21 May, 1927 in a single-engined monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis.

He covered 3610 miles (5,810 km) and it took him 33.5 hours.

The flight made Lindbergh the most famous pilot in the world.

See Walter L. Hixson Charles A. Lindbergh: Lone Eagle