Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974) is shown next to his plane, Spirit of St. Louis, shortly after his arrival in New York at Roosevelt Field in Long Island to prepare for his May 20, 1927, historic first solo nonstop trans-Atlantic flight to Paris.

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Size: 5137px × 7206px
Location: Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, USA.
Photo credit: © Alpha Historica / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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