North Atlantic Ocean: Northeastern Sheet portion 1922

-74) used to plan his historic transatlantic flight. Lindbergh was an airmail pilot who, in 1926, learned of the $25,000 prize for the first nonstop flight between New York and Paris. Backed by a group of businessmen in St. Louis, Missouri, Lindbergh had a special plane built, which he named The Spirit of St. Louis in honor of his supporters. On May 21--22, 1927, Lindbergh achieved the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic, covering the 5,790 kilometers from Roosevelt Field, New York, to Le Bourget, Paris in 33.5 hours. This map shows the extreme measures that Lindbergh used to lighten his aircraft. To eliminate every ounce of unnecessary weight from his plane, Lindbergh went so far as to cut off sections of the map that he would not need on the flight. The annotations on the map read: "Unused portion of chart for New York to Paris flight--1927. C.A.L." and "Gift from Charles A. Lindbergh, Dec. 18, 1950."
Created by Charles A. (Charles Augustus) Lindbergh, United States. Hydrographic Office in 1922.

• Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• "Scale 1:5,300,000."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
• Original resource extent: 1 map : color, annotated ; 27 x 11 centimeters.
• Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
• Content in English.
• Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Map Subjects

1922 To 1927

Flight

Nautical Charts

North Atlantic Ocean

Transatlantic Flights

Charles A. (Charles Augustus) Lindbergh

United States. Hydrographic Office

1922

Map Tags

1922

1922 To 1927

Charles A. (Charles Augustus) Lindbergh

Flight

Map

Nautical Charts

North Atlantic Ocean

Transatlantic Flights

United States. Hydrographic Office