Charles Lindbergh made the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris in 1927 in the monoplane Spirit of St Louis The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris says that the theory is far ...
On May 20, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh left Long ... France. The record-setting flight proved not only to be a fight with the elements and a test of navigation, but also a long battle against ...