On This Day 89 Years Ago – Charles Lindbergh Made the First Solo Nonstop Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean
On 20th May 1927 the American aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Other pilots had crossed the Atlantic before him but Charles Lindbergh was the first person to do it alone nonstop. His astonishing feat gained him immediate international fame. The press named him Lucky Lindy and the Lone Eagle. Americans and Europeans idolized this shy, slim young man and showered him with honors!
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