"parts. Further grinding patterns used by watchmakers include the ""clavus"" pattern, also known by the French term ""oeil-de-perdrix"" (partridge eye). The automotive industry has used perlée patterns on surfaces such as car dashboards since its infancy, but these days it is generally confined to luxury vehicles such as the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. Many aircraft of the Golden Age of Aviation had perlée engine-turning finishing used on their sheetmetal components, with one of the best-known examples being Charles Lindbergh's ""Spirit of St. Louis"" trans-Atlantic Ryan NYP aircraft of 1927. Perlée Perlée or ""perlage"" are French expressions for ""pearl pattern"", a decorative"
"take the 1920s as their subject include: Charles Lindbergh gained sudden great international fame as the first pilot to fly solo and non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean, flying from Roosevelt Airfield (Nassau County, Long Island), New York to Paris on May 20 – May 21, 1927. He had a single-engine airplane, the ""Spirit of St. Louis"", which had been designed by Donald Hall and custom built by Ryan Airlines of San Diego, California. His flight took 33.5 hours. The President of France bestowed on him the French Legion of Honor and, on his arrival back in the United States, a"
"the ""[[Spirit of St. Louis]]"", the fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine ""Ryan NYP"" high-wing monoplane ([[Civil Aeronautics Authority|CAB]] registration: N-X-211) was designed jointly by Lindbergh and Ryan's chief engineer [[Donald A. Hall]]. The ""Spirit"" flew for the first time just two months later, and after a series of test flights Lindbergh took off from San Diego on . He went first to St. Louis, then on to Roosevelt Field on New York's Long Island. [[File:Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of Saint Louis (Crisco restoration, with wings).jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|Lindbergh with the ""Spirit of St. Louis"" before his Paris flight]] In the early morning of Friday,"
"Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, explorer, and environmental activist. At age 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a [[U.S. Air Mail]] pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the [[Orteig Prize]]: making a nonstop flight from [[Roosevelt Field (airport)|Roosevelt Field]], [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], to [[Paris]], France. Lindbergh covered the -hour, flight alone in a single-engine purpose-built [[Ryan Airline Company|Ryan]] [[monoplane]], the ""[[Spirit of St. Louis]]"". This was not the [[Transatlantic flight of Alcock and Brown|first flight between North America and"
"was built by Ryan Airlines in San Diego, California, owned and operated at the time by Benjamin Franklin Mahoney, who had purchased it from its founder, T. Claude Ryan, in 1926. The ""Spirit"" is on permanent display in the main entryway's ""Milestones of Flight"" gallery at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Officially known as the ""Ryan NYP"" (for ""N""ew ""Y""ork to ""P""aris), the single-engine monoplane was designed by Donald A. Hall of Ryan Airlines and named the ""Spirit of St. Louis"" in honor of Lindbergh's supporters from the St. Louis Raquette Club in his"
"found in some areas. By the early 1900s central Midway was known as Dutch Flats and still included a lot of standing water. Dutch Flats was also the name of a small dirt airstrip in the area used by the Ryan Aeronautical Company, located near what are now Midway and Barnett streets. Dutch Flats became famous when Ryan built a specially designed aircraft for Charles A. Lindbergh, who tested it at Dutch Flats and then used it to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927. A post office now located on the site contains several historic plaques commemorating Dutch Flats"
"Spirit of St. Louis The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single engine, single-seat, high wing monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh on May 20 – 21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France, for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize. Lindbergh took off in the ""Spirit"" from Roosevelt Airfield, Garden City, New York, and landed 33 hours, 30 minutes later at Aéroport Le Bourget in Paris, France, a distance of approximately 3,600 miles (5,800 km). One of the best-known aircraft in the world, the ""Spirit"""
"November 2, 1916. On May 20, 1927, at 7:52 a.m., Charles Lindbergh started his historic flight from nearby Roosevelt Field. Thirty-three hours later he landed in Paris and became the first person to complete a solo flight from the United States across the Atlantic Ocean. Main Street was the center of village business as well as a popular meeting place for farmers and the business community alike. The general store offered an array of goods that would fulfill most everyday needs, such as hardware, toys, wool, dry goods, clothing and food. The small glass-fronted mail and delivery boxes filled the"
"""WE"" (1927 book) ""WE"" is an autobiographical account by Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974) about his life and the events leading up to and including his May 1927 New York to Paris solo trans-Atlantic flight in the ""Spirit of St. Louis"", a custom-built, single engine, single-seat Ryan monoplane (Registration: N-X-211). It was first published on July 27, 1927 by G.P. Putnam's Sons in New York. Just 57 days after then 25-year old former US Air Mail pilot Charles Lindbergh had completed his historic Orteig Prize-winning first-ever non-stop solo transatlantic flight from New York (Roosevelt Field) to Paris (Le Bourget) on May"
"at the Frankfurt International Airport with the second in the ""Luftfahrtmuseum Hannover"". Spirit of St. Louis The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single engine, single-seat, high wing monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh on May 20 – 21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France, for which Lindbergh won the $25,000 Orteig Prize. Lindbergh took off in the ""Spirit"" from Roosevelt Airfield, Garden City, New York, and landed 33 hours, 30 minutes later at Aéroport Le Bourget in Paris, France, a distance of approximately 3,600 miles"
"Ryan often made claims to have remained to manage it long after that, though this fact is in contention by various sources. What is known is that Ryan was not present when Donald A. Hall was hired and was never present when Charles Lindbergh arrived or during the production of the famous aircraft, this according to personal letters between Charles Lindbergh and the designer Donald A. Hall. Ryan thus was probably not approached by a group of St. Louis, Missouri, businessmen to build an aircraft to cross the Atlantic non-stop (to be flown by Charles A. Lindbergh). It is unclear"
"is named after aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, who flew the ""Spirit of St. Louis"" solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, the first person to do so. The airline was established in late 2004 by Trans States Holdings. GoJet took delivery of their first Bombardier CRJ-700 in June 2005. The airline received its initial Air Carrier Operating Certificate in September 2005 and began scheduled passenger services on October 4, 2005 with a United Express flight from Cincinnati, Ohio to Chicago, Illinois. By the end of 2009, GoJet took delivery of their 25th CRJ-700 aircraft. In October 2011, Delta Air Lines"
"to purchase the aircraft and to cover expenses, but little came of this proposal and Moncreiff's project lapsed for the time being. However, in 1927 several notable ocean crossing flights were successfully completed. In May Charles Lindbergh won the Orteig Prize by flying non-stop 3,600 miles/5,800 km. from New York to Paris in a single-engined Ryan monoplane; in June, lieutenants Lester J. Maitland and Albert Hergenberger flew 2,400 miles/3,860 km. from Oakland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii in a three-engined Fokker C-2 named 'Bird of Paradise'. Then, in October, Captain Dieudonne Costes and Lieutenant Commander Joseph Le Brix flew 2125 miles/3,420"
"airmail run was a young man named Charles Lindbergh. Lindbergh soon became a member of the 110th and held the rank of captain when he made his historic 1927 Trans-Atlantic solo flight. Men, equipment, and unit headquarters consolidated in a new hangar at Lambert Field in 1931. Summer field training conducted in the 1930s allowed 110th members to hone their skills on the K-17 Aerial Camera. The Douglas O-38 aircraft was received in 1933 and replaced in 1938 by the North American O-47A, an all-metal mid-wing observation aircraft. The units first summer encampments were held in 1924 and 1925 at"
"Aircraft Corporation presented Lindbergh with a Mahoney Ryan B-1 ""Brougham"". In 1928, Mahoney built a B-1X as a gift for Charles Lindbergh. Pilot Frank Hawks purchased a Mahoney Ryan B-1 Brougham (NC3009) with money from his wife, naming the plane the ""Spirit of San Diego."" In the aftermath of the media exposure surrounding Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, he flew to Washington with his wife on board to greet the triumphant Lindbergh. Due to the ensuing publicity, Hawks was hired by the Ryan Aircraft company to be its official representative. Hawks went on to tour the country, selling rides in the aircraft"
"registration, N536PA and Pan American placed the aircraft into commercial passenger service. Shortly thereafter, Pan Am named this aircraft in honor of the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh. At the invitation of Pan Am, Lindbergh's widow, Anne, christened the aircraft ""Clipper Lindbergh"" on May 20, 1977, the 50th anniversary of the beginning of her husband's historic flight from New York to Paris in 1927. United Airlines purchased the plane on February 13, 1986 and the aircraft received a new aircraft registration, N145UA. The aircraft remained in service until December, 1995, when United Airlines placed the aircraft into storage near Las Vegas."
"to fly nonstop from New York to the European continental land mass. Over the next 33.5 hours, Lindbergh and the ""Spirit of St. Louis"" encountered many challenges before landing at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, at 10:22 p.m. on Saturday, 21 May 1927, completing the first solo crossing of the Atlantic. The first east-west non-stop transatlantic crossing by an aeroplane was made in 1928 by the ""Bremen"", a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, from Baldonnel Airfield in County Dublin, Ireland. On 18 August 1932 Jim Mollison made the first east-to-west solo trans-Atlantic flight; flying from Portmarnock in Ireland to"
"States that led to the sale of the Ryan factory in October 1930. Lindbergh's successful trans-Atlantic flight led to a slightly modified Ryan Brougham being ordered for the first attempted trans-tasman flight between Australia and New Zealand. Named 'Aotearoa', the Māori name for New Zealand, and crewed by New Zealanders John Moncrieff and George Hood the aircraft left Richmond, near Sydney on 10 January 1928, on a flight expected to take about 14 hours. Radio signals were heard from the 'Aotearoa' for 12 hours before abruptly ceasing. The aviators failed to arrive in New Zealand, and no trace of them"
"the Spirit of St. Louis Only days later, Ryan Airlines received an inquiry from Robertson Aircraft Corp. of St. Louis asking if they could design and build an aircraft capable of flying nonstop from New York to Paris. Ryan Airlines responded in the affirmative and after all the other potential manufacturers had said no, Charles A. Lindbergh finally traveled to San Diego on 21 February 1927 to inspect the Ryan Airlines facility. There he met Donald Hall for the first time. After touring the facility with the new owner Benjamin Franklin Mahoney, Lindbergh met and discussed the project with Donald"
"within the first three pilots to receive their licsense from the city. Around this time, Charles Lindbergh came to Ryan to have the Spirit of St. Louis built. Burnett, obsessed with wings, worked on the woodworking and design of the wings. Lindbergh and Burnett became friends throughout the process. Lindbergh's wife even visited Dan's baby shower for his daughter. Before Lindbergh's flight, Burnett asked him to take a one dollar bill and a letter, both signed by Captain Martell and a red carnation given to him by Lieutenant Kelley. The carnation was the first flower to fly across the Atlantic."
"prize was to be awarded ""to the first aviator of any Allied Country crossing the Atlantic in one flight, from Paris to New York or New York to Paris"". After five years of failing to attract competitors, the award was then put under the control of a seven-member Bryant Bank board of trustees, which awarded it to Charles Lindbergh for his successful 1927 flight in the ""Spirit of St. Louis"". Some of the later licenses issued by the Aero Club of America bore the printed signature of Orville Wright. Wright served for a time as Chairman of the Aero Club"
"for [[Montgomery, Alabama]], some 140 miles to the west, for his first solo cross-country flight. He went on to spend much of the rest of 1923 engaged in almost nonstop barnstorming under the name of ""Daredevil Lindbergh"". Unlike the previous year, this time Lindbergh flew in his ""own ship"" as pilot. A few weeks after leaving Americus, the young airman also achieved another key aviation milestone when he made his first flight at night near [[Lake Village, Arkansas]]. [[File:Charles Lindbergh 1925.JPG|thumb|left|upright=0.75|2nd Lt. Charles A. Lindbergh, USASRC March 1925]] While Lindbergh was barnstorming in [[Lone Rock, Wisconsin]], on two occasions he"
"made his first solo flight on March 25, 1926. Ryan Aeronautical Company operated from the airfield where Corrigan learned to fly, and hired him for their San Diego factory in 1926. Corrigan was responsible for assembling the wing and installing the fuel tanks and instrument panel of Charles Lindbergh's ""Spirit of St. Louis"". Corrigan and his colleague Dan Burnett increased the lift of the aircraft by extending the wing longer than any previous Ryan design. Corrigan pulled the chocks from the ""Spirit of St Louis"" when Lindbergh took off from San Diego to New York to prepare for his historic"
"invented a type of sextant incorporating two spirit levels to provide an artificial horizon). Five years later Charles Lindbergh took the Orteig Prize of $25,000 for the first ""solo"" non-stop crossing of the Atlantic. Months after Lindbergh, Paul Redfern was the first to solo the Caribbean Sea and was last seen flying over Venezuela. Australian Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was the first to fly across the larger Pacific Ocean in the Southern Cross. His crew left Oakland, California to make the first trans-Pacific flight to Australia in three stages. The first (from Oakland to Hawaii) was 2,400 miles, took 27"
"Lindbergh High School (Washington) Lindbergh High School is a (senior) high school located in the southeastern section of Renton, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, in the Renton School District. It is named after Charles A. Lindbergh, the famous aviator who was first to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927. The school was founded in 1972. Freshmen, sophomores and juniors attended the first year, making the class of 1974 the first to graduate. Lindbergh's school motto is ""ad astra"", which is Latin for ""to the stars"". The crest features the Spirit of St. Louis (the plane that Charles Lindbergh flew),"
"through the night. After flying all night, NC-4 was the sole aircraft to arrive in the Azores. After an elapsed flying time of 15 hours, 18 minutes, NC-4 arrived at the town of Horta on Faial Island in the Azores on May 17, 1919. The crew had flown about 1,200 miles (1,920 km). During the flight bad weather had forced the NC-1 and NC-3 to land in the open sea, with the NC-4 being the only aircraft to successfully complete the flight. Following the 1928 Congressional Gold Medal awarded to Charles Lindbergh for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight, Representative James"
"his career as an airmail pilot and presents his account of conceiving, planning, and executing the building of the ""Spirit of St. Louis"" aircraft. He describes the many challenges he faced, including getting financial backing, constructing an aircraft that could carry the necessary fuel and still fly, and completing the project within several months—other pilots were racing to achieve the first solo trans-Atlantic flight and win the $25,000 Orteig Prize. In the second section, ""New York to Paris"" (pp. 181–492), Lindbergh gives a detailed hour-by-hour account of his 33-hour solo flight above the Atlantic and northern Europe that began in"
"Europe]], but he did achieve the first solo [[transatlantic flight]] and the first non-stop flight between North America and the European mainland. Lindbergh was an officer in the [[United States Army Reserve|U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve]], and he received the United States' highest military decoration, the [[Medal of Honor]], for the feat. Lindbergh's achievement spurred interest in both commercial aviation and air mail, and he devoted much time and effort to promoting such activity. But his historic flight and celebrity status also led to tragedy. In March 1932, his infant son, Charles Jr., [[Lindbergh kidnapping|was kidnapped and murdered]] in what"
"Lindbergh Boom The Lindbergh Boom (1927–1929) is a period of rapid interest in aviation following the awarding of the Orteig Prize to Charles Lindbergh for his 1927 non-stop solo transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis. The Lindbergh Boom occurred during the interwar period between World War I and World War II, where aviation development was fueled by commercial interests rather than wartime necessity. During this period, dozens of companies were formed to create airlines, and aircraft for a new age in aviation. Many of the fledgling companies funded by stock went under as quick as they started as"
"then that he planned to make his first transatlantic flight, but in the more difficult and as yet, unsuccessfully attempted East-West direction. A French attempt had been made in May 1927 aboard ""The White Bird"" (""L'Oiseau Blanc""), but the aircraft disappeared over the Atlantic. Two weeks later, the American Charles Lindbergh made the first successful nonstop flight from New York to Paris. After considerable hesitation, the Polish authorities, urged on by the press, eventually succumbed and bought a special plane for a transatlantic flight from France. A long range variant of the latest bomber Amiot 123, It was named ""Marszałek"
"Lindbergh, the first man to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic, graduated from the Advanced Flying School in 1925. Other graduates included former Air Force Chiefs of Staff Generals Thomas D. White, Curtis E. LeMay, John P. McConnell, Hoyt Vandenberg, and John Dale Ryan. Major General Claire Chennault of World War II ""Flying Tiger"" fame taught at the school. In 1925, Kelly Field #1 was renamed Duncan Field in honor of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Duncan. Formerly stationed at Kelly Field, Duncan died in an airplane accident at Bolling Field in Washington, D.C.. Kelly Field #2 became simply, Kelly Field. Both"
"on to support an innovative aircraft designer named Donald Douglas, marking the beginning of the Company’s longstanding partnership with what was to become the aerospace industry. Symbolic of this new relationship, Ducommun tubular steel flew in 1927 on the Ryan designed Spirit of St. Louis during Charles Lindbergh’s historic transatlantic flight from Long Island’s Roosevelt Field to Paris. Ducommun became a more prominent distributor during WWII, inventorying large quantities of stainless and carbon steel, and alloys mostly to support the production of bomber and fighter aircraft that were used in both the European and Pacific theaters. Following the war, the"
"1937 Istres–Damascus–Paris Air Race In 1937, a transatlantic race was proposed to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's pioneering solo flight from New York to Paris. The race had twenty-two entrants. There was resistance to participating in the race from the United States because any accidents might create a bad impression of nascent transatlantic passenger services. In June 1937, the Aero-Club de France changed the race to Istres - Damascus - Paris, a course representing a similar distance to the original transatlantic flight. Competitors were expected to travel non-stop from Istres to Damascus (2971 km). On the return leg,"