CAMILLE
BOHANNON
On this day in 1927, 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh (above) became
the first person to make a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic
Ocean, taking off from New York’s Roosevelt Field and arriving in
Paris, France 33.5 hours later.
Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis on the way to Paris.
Crowds race to meet Charles Lindbergh after he lands the Spirit of St. Louis in Paris.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
(February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974)
On May 20, 1932, Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland; she
landed in Ireland nearly 15 hours later, becoming the first woman
to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937)
