Lindbergh's Flight from N.Y. to ParisLindbergh's Flight from N.Y. to Paris

Lindbergh's Flight from N.Y. to Paris

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12 minutes

6/12/1927

Overview

On May 20-21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh flew alone, non-stop from New York to Paris, in a single-engine plane without parachute or radio. With this feat, Lindbergh became perhaps the greatest hero of the decade. Fox Movietone's sound film record of Lindbergh's take-off was the first popular sensation of sound film; it was soon augmented by coverage of his welcome in Washington on June 11th.