Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Along the lines of my other threads like "Members Mustangs", I want to have everyone post pics of Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis or any replica or even any aircraft that he may have flown. And there were many! This is a short list that I've put together:
Of course the original fabric covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane (CAB registration: N-X-211) The Spirit of St. Louis currently resides in the National Air and Space Museum as part of the collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
Terminal 1-Lindbergh at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport was named after him, and a replica of The Spirit of St. Louis hangs there.
Another such replica hangs in the great hall of the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis.
San Diego's Lindbergh Field, which is also known as San Diego International Airport, was named after him and also displays a replica of the San Diego-built Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis.
His Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" biplane now on display at the Cradle of Aviation Museum located in Garden City, New York.
Now these are known. What isn't known is if any of the planes he flew during WWII still exist. They include:
A a Curtiss P-36 fighter which he flew in 1939-40.
A Marine Vought F4U Corsair that he flew with VMF-222 on his first combat mission. He was also flying with VMF-216.
A P-38 that he flew during a bomber escort mission with the 433rd Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group, Fifth Air Force.
His grandson also flew a single engine, two seat Lancair Columbia 200 for the 75th anniversary flight of his grandad's flight.
If anyone has taken any actual pics or has made a model of these planes, post them!! I don't want other, general pics - only pics taken by members!!
and to start off, here is a pic I took of SoSL at the National Air and Space Museum in 1994.
LETS SEE THEM PICS!!!
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Of course the original fabric covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane (CAB registration: N-X-211) The Spirit of St. Louis currently resides in the National Air and Space Museum as part of the collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
Terminal 1-Lindbergh at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport was named after him, and a replica of The Spirit of St. Louis hangs there.
Another such replica hangs in the great hall of the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis.
San Diego's Lindbergh Field, which is also known as San Diego International Airport, was named after him and also displays a replica of the San Diego-built Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis.
His Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" biplane now on display at the Cradle of Aviation Museum located in Garden City, New York.
Now these are known. What isn't known is if any of the planes he flew during WWII still exist. They include:
A a Curtiss P-36 fighter which he flew in 1939-40.
A Marine Vought F4U Corsair that he flew with VMF-222 on his first combat mission. He was also flying with VMF-216.
A P-38 that he flew during a bomber escort mission with the 433rd Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group, Fifth Air Force.
His grandson also flew a single engine, two seat Lancair Columbia 200 for the 75th anniversary flight of his grandad's flight.
If anyone has taken any actual pics or has made a model of these planes, post them!! I don't want other, general pics - only pics taken by members!!
and to start off, here is a pic I took of SoSL at the National Air and Space Museum in 1994.
LETS SEE THEM PICS!!!
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