Spirit+of+St.+Louis


 * ﻿Spirit of St. Louis **

It was designed with one thought, to get to Paris. It was named for Linbergh supporters in St. Louis, Missouri. They are the one who paid for this plane. It's acronym is NYP which stands for New York-Paris. The plan was to modified a standard model of a Raven, another plane, but it proved to be less practical. In 1919, a man named Raymond Ortieg wanted to see which was plane was the fastest by flying from New York to Paris, and they only had 5 years. No one tried to do this, so he decided to extend another 5 years, at that time in 1926, aviation technology was advanced enough to might accomplished the offer. The offer was that, the first person to make it to Paris from New York get $25,000. Charles Linbergh was one these people to try. Charles was fascinated by Rene Fonck, a pilot who took down 75 german pilots during WWI, and Rene proclaimed that he can do the offer, but his plane got on fire before it even left the ground, Fonck survived but his co-pilot was killed. Charles had not yet achieved his acclaim, but he gained the reputation as a talented flyer. Charles then was hired as an instructor by Knight, a man who respected and had full confidence in Linbergh, then Charles asked Kinight to have people to help him win the money, and Knight accepted his help and had some people help Charles. Charles then start looking for the right plane. In 1927, He get lucky, a company named the Ryan Airlines Corporation, and said that they will build a single engine plane for $6,000. Charles and his manager, Frank Mahoney, needed three months to manufacture the plane. Once he went to meet the company he was dissapointed with what he saw, the place was a old building. but after meeting with Donal Hall and Mahoney, he talked with the workers and after that, Charles spirit raised. After several weeks, they finally finish building it and they broke the record of being the fastest plane and they able to complete the offer and became really famous.

**﻿ All the info was found on the following link. plane ** **All this was done by Hassan Pasha ** **Excellent work! What an interesting story behind an American icon. Great link, too--the site seems like a goldmine of information. Well done! -Miss Bartoe **              **LINDBERGH and the SPIRIT of ST LOIS took off from ROOSEVELT AIRFIELD in GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK on MAY 20, 19 27. The next day (33 hrs and 30 mins later) LINDBERGH and the SPIRIT of ST LOIS landed in PARIS. LINDBERGH thought that to be successful he would need to use am engine called the 2-5C "WHIRLWIND" and only one of them. The one used had 223 horsepower, was air cooled, and had 9 cylinders. This engine was one of the most advanced and feul efficient of its era. The airplane itself was a masterpiece being very aerodynamic and sleek. The engine could run for 9000 hrs staight because of a speacil piece of equipment it had that could automatically keep the airplane clean for the entire journey. On the harsh trip LINDBERGH had to sit in a very uncomfortable cockpit. It was 94cm wide by 81cm long and 130cm high (36in * 32in * 51in). About 45 days after the triumph a DUPLICATE was made for a JAPANESE NEWSPAPER called MAINICHI called the NYP-2. **  **[] ** **__ [] __ **