Spirit of St. Louis

E14776
aircraft custom-built monoplane historic aircraft

Spirit of St. Louis is the custom-built aircraft flown by Charles Lindbergh on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Spirit of St. Louis (aircraft) 1
Spirit of St. Louis Organization 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft ⓘ
custom-built monoplane ⓘ
historic aircraft ⓘ
achieved Orteig Prize ⓘ
aircraftType Ryan NYP ⓘ
arrivalAirport Paris–Le Bourget Airport ⓘ
surface form: Le Bourget Field
arrivalLocation Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
builtFor Orteig Prize ⓘ
constructionLocation San Diego, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: San Diego, California
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewCapacity 1 ⓘ
cruiseSpeedKmh ~190 ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of early aviation achievement ⓘ
currentLocation National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: National Air and Space Museum
currentLocationCity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
departureAirport Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Roosevelt Field
departureLocation Long Island ⓘ
surface form: Long Island, New York
designer Donald A. Hall ⓘ
emptyWeightKg ~975 ⓘ
engineConfiguration single radial engine ⓘ
engineType Wright J-5C Whirlwind ⓘ
featuredIn The Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
surface form: book "The Spirit of St. Louis" by Charles Lindbergh

The Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
surface form: film "The Spirit of St. Louis"
firstFlightDate 1927-04-28 ⓘ
flightDistanceKilometers ~5800 ⓘ
flightDurationHours 33.5 ⓘ
fuelCapacityLiters ~1700 ⓘ
heightMeters 2.7 ⓘ
lengthMeters 8.4 ⓘ
manufacturer Ryan Airlines ⓘ
maximumSpeedKmh ~210 ⓘ
museumCollection Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
namedAfter St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
notableFlight first solo nonstop transatlantic flight ⓘ
notableFlightDate 1927-05-20/21 ⓘ
operatedBy Charles Lindbergh ⓘ
primaryMaterial fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage ⓘ
wooden wings ⓘ
primaryPilot Charles Lindbergh ⓘ
rangeKilometers ~6400 ⓘ
registration N-X-211 ⓘ
retirementDate 1928 ⓘ
specialFeature large fuel tanks in forward fuselage ⓘ
no forward windshield ⓘ
periscope for forward visibility ⓘ
sponsorCity St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
status preserved ⓘ
wingConfiguration high-wing monoplane ⓘ
wingSpanMeters 14.0 ⓘ
yearBuilt 1927 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ryan Airlines → associatedWith → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
N-X-211 → associatedWithOrganization → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spirit of St. Louis Organization
Ryan Airlines → builtAircraft → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
Donald A. Hall → designed → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
SpaceShipOne → displayedWith → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
subject surface form: National Air and Space Museum
Ryan NYP → hasName → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
Ryan Airlines → hasNotableWork → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
N-X-211 → identifierFor → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
“The Flight to Paris” → mainSubject → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
subject surface form: The Flight to Paris
this entity surface form: Spirit of St. Louis (aircraft)
Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis → namedAfter → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
Ryan NYP monoplane → namedAfter → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
Donald A. Hall → notableAircraft → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
Le Bourget Field → notableAircraft → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
PRR → notableTrainService → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
subject surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
N-X-211 → usedOnAircraftName → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ
Orteig Prize → winningAircraft → Spirit of St. Louis ⓘ