Aviation, Airports, Nassau Co., Roosevelt Field, Lindbergh flight / [compiled by Queens Borough Public Library, Long Island Division].
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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974
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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the 33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...
Queens Borough Public Library. Long Island Division
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Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)
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Roosevelt Field (Garden City, N.Y.)
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