Spirit of St. Louis (Eng. Spirit of St. Louis ) or Ryan NYP (from Eng. New York to Paris ) is a single-seat aircraft with a single engine manufactured by Ryan Airlines , which was designed specifically for the first non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris (at a distance 5810 km).
| Spirit of St. Louis | |
|---|---|
 At the National Museum of Aviation and Cosmonautics | |
| Type of | Single plane |
| Manufacturer | Ryan airline company |
| Chief Designer | Donald Albert Hall |
| The first flight | April 28, 1927 |
| Start of operation | April 30, 1928 |
| Status | In the museum |
| Operators |  Charles Lindbergh |
| Years of production | 1927 |
| Units produced | one |
| Unit cost | $ 10,580 ($ 144,931 in 2015) |
| Base model | Ryan m-2 |
The flight across the Atlantic took place on May 20-21, 1927 . It lasted 33 hours 30 minutes from the Roosevelt airfield , Long Island , New York , to the Paris Le Bourget airfield. The plane was piloted by an American Charles Lindbergh .
Content
- 1 Aircraft
- 2 Transatlantic flight
- 3 Features and Performance
- 4 See also
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Aircraft
The aircraft was designed by Donald A. Hall and built by Ryan Airlines aircraft company from San Diego (California). The construction of the “St. Louis Spirit” was based on the design of the Ryan M-2 postal aircraft, built in 1926. The Spirit was designed and built in collaboration with Lindbergh in 1927. A single aircraft of this model cost $ 10,000. The plane received its name in honor of the city of St. Louis in Missouri , where the sponsors who financed the flight of Lindbergh lived.
To increase the flight range, the main large fuel tank was installed in the front of the aircraft instead of the front windows, which made the flight difficult (view only with a periscope ), however, this solution increased the flight range and improved the position of the center of gravity of the aircraft. To reduce weight, the crew was reduced to one person: Lindberg was both a pilot and a navigator.
Transatlantic Flight
Flight is considered an important milestone in the history of aviation. All American newspapers wrote about Lindbergh as a national hero.
After a successful flight over the Atlantic Ocean, Lindbergh made a series of "goodwill flights" around Central America on the Spirit of St. Louis . In Panama, a special event was held in honor of his arrival. Nicaragua issued a mark in honor of the anniversary of the flight across the Atlantic. The last time the “Spirit of St. Louis” took off on April 30, 1928.
Lindberg’s aircraft is now on display at the National Aviation and Space Museum in Washington.
Features and Performance
- Crew - 1 person
- Length - 8.4 m
- Wingspan - 14.8 m
- Height - 3 m
- Empty weight - 975 kg
- Gross weight - 1310 kg
- Net volume - 1703 l
- Maximum takeoff weight - 2330 kg
- Engine power - 166 kW (223 hp) en: Wright R-790 Whirlwind
- Maximum speed - 220 km / h
- Cruising speed - from 160 to 175 km / h
- Range of flight - 6600 km
- Practical ceiling - 5000 m
- Wing load - 78 kg / m²
- The ratio of mass to power is 14 kg / kW (10.4 kg / l. S.)
See also
- 1909, Bleriot XI - first time in the history of aviation flying the English Channel
- 1933, Lituanika - delivered mail for the first time across the Atlantic Ocean, although the flight ended in disaster
- 1937, ANT-25 - made the first intercontinental flight through the North Pole, set several range records
- 1986, Voyager - made a non-stop flight around the Earth, set a range record
Literature
- Hall, Donald A. Technical Preparation of the Airplane "Spirit of St. Louis »NACA Technical Note # 257. Washington: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, July 1927.
- Lindbergh, Charles A. We. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1927.
- Nevin, David, ed. The Pathfinders (The Epic of Flight, v. 2). Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books, 1980. ISBN 0-8094-3256-0
- Berg, A. Scott. Lindbergh. New York: GP Putnam`s Sons, 1998. ISBN 0-399-14449-8 .
- Lindbergh, Charles A. Charles A. Lindbergh: Autobiography of Values. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. ISBN 0-15-110202-3 .
- Lindbergh's Great Partner, Popular Science , August 1927 pp. 12-13 / 123-125, one of earliest articles on Spirit of St. Louis
Links
- The spirit of st. Louis , Charles Lindbergh - An American Aviator (English)
- The spirit of st. Louis airborne over Paris as Lindbergh leaves for Belgium, the next stop after a few days in France
- Scott, Phil. “Doing the Lindy Hop”