may 21, 1927

 

Flight to victory!

 

Flying fool!

Yesterday Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly solo on a transatlantic flight, from New York to Paris. Many questioned if he could successfully make the flight across the Atlantic.

Funding had to be made, so with the help of sponsors who helped to design the plane, it was named the Spirit of St. Louis. The structure of the plane single design wing caused many people to query about his flight across the Atlantic.

Yesterday the Spirit of St. Louis attempted at least 4 times to get into the air. Lindbergh flew over Cape Cod and Nova Scotia reaching the ocean by sun set.

Fog thickened in the night sky. Sleet formed and he was suffering from drowsiness, almost reaching only 10 feet from the waves!

After at least 33 hours, saw a fishing boat that gave him a sign that he was near land.

At least 100,000 people came to celebrate his successful journey. As he returned we were lucky enough to talk to the man himself. “I saw the lights of Paris a little before 10pm and a few minutes later I was circling the Eiffel tower at an altitude of about four thousand feet.

He has been a huge achievement in the flying world and he will be touring around the world. He has an amazing flight in front of him!

 

All over the show!

In the papers Raymond Orteig, a hotel owner in New York offered a grand prize that has been spread all over the world with a prize of $25,000 to the first pilot to fly nonstop from New York to Paris. For the first attempt four men had died and three were seriously injured and two others went missing, so the prize is still remaining the same. Until Now!     

 

By: Nikita Weitekamp