Spirit Of St. Louis
This article is about an
aircraft
. See
The Spirit of St. Louis (disambiguation)
for similarly named things.
The
Spirit of St. Louis
is the airplane used by
Charles Lindbergh
to make the first single-handed, non-stop trans-Atlantic flight. Also known as the Ryan NYP, it is a custom design by Donald Hall of
Ryan Airlines
based on the Ryan M-2. Although designed for its successful
New York
to
Paris
flight and built in
San Diego
, it was named after
St. Louis
because of financial backing from that city. The flight was inspired by and won the $25,000
Orteig Prize
. The Spirit of St. Louis is currently on display at the
National Air and Space Museum
in
Washington, DC
.
External link
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/plane/index.asp
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