Lindbergh’s Spirit of St Louis Built for Non Stop Flight
New York May 19. The Spirit of St Louis Charles Lindbergh’s plane designed for a New York to Paris non stop flight features a 46 ft wingspan 28 ft fuselage and special instrument panel. Powered by a Wright Whirlwind J-2 225 hp engine it carries 425 gallons of gasoline and 28 gallons of oil for about a 4500 mile range. The craft weighs about 4750 pounds with a wicker cockpit seat and periscope for forward view and is equipped with a pneumatic raft for sea landings.
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Lindbergh Prepares For Paris Hop Amid Courtship Of Sky
Lindbergh readied for a solo flight to Paris at Curtiss Field. He showed calm resolve as Commander Byrd and Clarence Chamberlin offered support and escort plans. Byrd timed a three hour test flight to gauge readiness before the final departure.
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Paris
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Trail Blazer
Pilot Slims Across Atlantic to Paris Aweigh
A nervy pilot told Nassau County police chief Skidmore that entering his cockpit feels like a death chamber and reaching Paris would be a pardon from the governor. Traveling light with a week of rations and no radio, he aimed for Newfoundland then a trans Atlantic dash to Ireland, while waiting for a safe takeoff and bearing checks. He spoke little before dawn as fueling proceeded with B F MecHoney nearby.
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Nassau County Police
Paris
New Foundland
Ireland
B. F. MecHoney
Lindbergh Resumes Paris Flight For $25000 Orteig Prize
Captain Lindbergh starts from San Diego in a solo flight toward Paris to win the Orteig prize. He aims to reach Paris in 36 to 48 hours under challenging weather with only a periscope view and no wireless aboard his Ryan monoplane.
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Nungesser
Coli
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Raymond Orteig
Lindbergh Spirit of St Louis flies nonstop to Paris
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh departed from Watertown airfield in the Spirit of St Louis for a nonstop flight to Paris. The plane rose after a 60 second run, climbed rapidly, and disappeared from view within minutes. Rival preparations and Byrd test flights faced delays as the race to Paris unfolded today.
Spirit of St. Louis Wings Toward Paris Marked NX-211
In New York on May 26 the Spirit of St. Louis bears NX-211 on its sides as Captain Lindbergh’s plane heads for Paris. The markings also include the maker Ryan and the craft name, with other identifiers visible to ships at sea and observers on land.
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Lindbergh Flight Updates Routed to Atlantic Vessels
News of Charles A. Lindbergh's New York to Paris flight will be broadcast hourly to Atlantic vessels. The Independent Wireless company will use the 600 metre idle wave, widely monitored by ship operators. Land stations are asked to report sightings and relay weather and position data from observing ships.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
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Bellanca Flight Delayed By Dispute Over Lindbergh Flight
The Bellanca monoplane Columbia delays its New York to Paris hop due to dissension between navigator Lloyd Bertaud and backer Charles Levine. Levine says if Lindbergh succeeds there will be no Bellanca flight.
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Charles Levine
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Levine
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Lindbergh Missing From Spirit of St Louis Flight
Charles Lindbergh had not been sighted by 10 a.m. eastern daylight time two hours eight minutes after departing New York in the Spirit of St Louis on a nonstop flight to Paris. Foggy mist hindered early hours of the voyage with expected progress about twenty miles northeast of Cape Ann Massachusetts.
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Lindbergh Flies Over Milford Nova Scotia
Captain Charles Lindbergh passed over Milford Nova Scotia at 2 50 pm daylight time heading east by north rather than along the coast. His gray plane took a path toward the interior of the province as Milford lies about 80 miles north of Halifax.
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Air beacon lighted order reaches coast to Paris
Pass news item notes an order directing all coastal air beacons to be lit tomorrow, signaling a coordinated warning or alert across regions. The brief implies a broader wartime or emergency communication requirement.
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Lindbergh's Start Noted Ambition for Paris Welcome
The article describes Lindbergh's flight toward the French capital with a beacon atop Mount Valerian near Paris visible up to 200 miles. Ambassador Myron T. Herrick was informed by AP eight minutes after takeoff from Roosevelt Field and plans to mobilize a welcoming committee of interested individuals.
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Plane sighting over Halifax noted by residents
Residents in Halifax Nova Scotia report sighting a low flying plane heading northeast at about the town clock. Miss Alice Gray and Miss Blanche Gray recorded the aircraft number while others saw the plane but did not read the number.
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Graduation Exercises Begin at Local College
At High Point College last night the first graduation exercises were held. Miss May Frazier won the S L Davis essay medal with The Light That Never Fails. Mr H E Coble took the Rabinowitz medal with What Next. Other participants included Miss Annie Lee Jarrell, Miss Lelia Wagoner and Miss Emma Lewis Whitaker.
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Wing fragment towed from Montauk Point to New London
A coast guard patrol boat delivered a wing fragment found in Fort Pond Bay to New London. The piece had been in water for months and was examined by Captain H. G. Hamlet. Early speculation linked it to the White Bird plane of Aungesser and Coli, missing since their Paris attempt.
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Long Island
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Aungesser
Coli
Paris
H. G. Hamlet
Lindbergh sighting mission fails over Cape Ann
Coast guard planes led by Commander Von Poulsen and Ensign Melken search 50 miles east of Cape Ann for Lindbergh. They return after 90 minutes with no sighting, suggesting he avoided the coast while heading north. In a separate matter, Harry F. Sinclair is sentenced to three months in jail for contempt of the United States Senate.
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United States Senate
Lindbergh Plane Sighting Hindered by New England Weather
Thick weather along the New England coast hampers the search for Lindbergh's plane. Nantucket Island sees heavy rain and mist, Cape Cod foggy, and Boston reports overcast skies with mist at dawn.
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