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“Spirit of St Louis” takes off at 7:52 A.M., May 20, 1927

Lucky Lindy took off in the "Spirit of St. Louis" from Roosevelt Airfield, Long Island, New York, and landed 33 hours, 30 minutes later at Le Bourget, Paris, France. The airplane can be viewed at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. The Libraries' National Air & Space Museum Library has a wonderful collection of sheet music celebrating Lindbergh, as well as his own account of his historic flight.—Elizabeth Periale


Norman Leigh and George L. Cobb, Lindy: Youth with the Heart of Gold, Boston, MA: Walter Jacobs, 1927, Fox-trot, with ukulele accompaniment, based on Tommy Allen's "Lindy Love", for voice and piano


Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht, Der Linberghflug, Vienna, Austria: Universal Edition, 1930, For voices, chorus and piano accompaniment


Charles A. Lindbergh, We: The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic Flight, 1927, Title page


Charles A. Lindbergh, We: The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic Flight, 1927, And out of the night came a silver bird bearing a boy who carried letters of introduction to Paris

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