Charles Lindbergh bought the Bird in September 1930 for his wife to complete her pilot training, and registered it in her name. The aircraft was built by the Brunner-Winkle company of Glendale ...

The life cycle of the muscular little plane they called the L1 Cicada was tragically short. Nearly a century later, hope ...

On May 20, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh left Long Island's Roosevelt Field in a single-engine plane built by Ryan Airlines. The plane, named the Spirit of St. Louis, would not touch ground again ...

Dubbed the Spirit of St. Louis, the plane was unusual and its pilot, Charles Lindbergh, according to Richard Crawford writing in the San Diego Union-Tribune, "did not want to be sandwiched between ...

Editor’s Note: Most Minnesotans know the name Charles Lindbergh, but they’re probably ... was killed in a plane crash on May 17, 1931. He was 32 years old. Charles “Speed” Holman was ...

Fonck's plane, a silver biplane with a luxurious cabin, burst into flames before it even left the ground. Fonck survived the crash, but two crew members were killed. In 1926 Charles Lindbergh had ...

Charles Lindbergh, The Spirit of St. Louis Gurney spent that fall picking up odd jobs around the St. Louis airfield, and doing aircraft repair work Lindbergh referred to him. Lindbergh's mother ...

Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis ... Lindbergh became a consultant to several airplane companies. Later he was allowed to take part in fighter bomber raids. During one on July ...

After Charles Lindbergh’s historic solo and ... and then New York to Paris in a modern airplane,” said Lindbergh. With the 100th anniversary of his grandfather’s flight approaching in ...